56th Venice International Film Festival

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56th Venice International Film Festival
Opening film Eyes Wide Shut
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion: Not One Less
Festival date1 – 11 September 1999
Website Website
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 56th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 1999.

Contents

Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut was the festival's opening film. Yugoslavian filmmaker Emir Kusturica was the Jury President for the main competition.

The Golden Lion was awarded to Not One Less directed by Zhang Yimou. [1] [2]

Juries

Main Competition

The following people comprised the 1999 jury: [3]

Short Films Competition

Official Sections

In Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
AppassionateTonino De BernardiItaly
The Cider House Rules Lasse Hallström United States
Crazy in Alabama Antonio Banderas
Empty Days Rien à faire Marion Vernoux France
Holy Smoke! Jane Campion Australia
Jesus' Son Alison Maclean Canada, United States
Lies 거짓말 Jang Sun-woo South Korea
Mal Alberto Seixas Santos Portugal
Night Wind Le vent de la nuit Philippe Garrel France, Italy, Switzerland
No Scandal Pas de scandale Benoît Jacquot France
Northern Skirts Nordrand Barbara Albert Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Not One Less 一個都不能少 Zhang Yimou China
A Pornographic Affair Une liaison pornographique Frédéric Fonteyne Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Seventeen Years 過年回家 Zhang Yuan China
Topsy-Turvy Mike Leigh United Kingdom
Until TomorrowA domani Gianni Zanasi Italy
The Venice Project Robert Dornhelm United States, Austria
A Week in the Life of a ManTydzień z życia mężczyzny Jerzy Stuhr Poland
The Wind Will Carry Us باد ما را خواهد برد Abbas Kiarostami Iran, France

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [4]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
A Texas Funeral William Blake Herron United States
Franck SpadoneRichard BeanFrance
Getting to Know YouLisanne SkylerUnited States
Shadows in the Dark Karvaan Pankaj Butalia India, France
Crane World Mundo grúa Pablo Trapero Argentina
This Is the GardenQuesto è il giardino Giovanni Maderna Italy
Millennium Traveler千年旅人 Hitonari Tsuji Japan

Official Awards

Zhang Yimou, Golden Lion winner for Not One Less ZhangYimou-Hawaii.JPG
Zhang Yimou, Golden Lion winner for Not One Less

Main Competition

Luigi De Laurentis Award

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's gold medal

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Isvema Award

FEDIC Award

Little Golden Lion

Anicaflash Prize

Elvira Notari Prize

Cult Network Italia Prize

FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

Future Film Festival Digital Award

Laterna Magica Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

CinemAvvenire Award

Children and Cinema Award

Rota Soundtrack Award

Special Director's Award

References

  1. ↑ "VENICE – 1999 – A GONDOLA IN TIME" . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "The 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Juries for the 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "14th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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