1999 Shanghai International Film Festival

The 4th Shanghai International Film Festival was held between October 22 and October 31, 1999. Like the previous year, the Film Festival was divided into four activities:

  • Golden Cup International Film Competition
  • International Film Panorama
  • International Film and TV Market
  • Retrospectives with Seminar

338 films were entered.

The Turkish film Propaganda was named the winner of the Golden Goblet.

Jury

In competition

Title Director Country
Art Museum by the Zoo Lee Jeong-Hyang South Korea
Back to Life Pascal Baeumler France
Beastie Girl Johannes Frabrick Austria
Dancing Soul Lucia Rikaki Greece
Genghis Khan Fu Sai,
Mai Lisi		 People's Republic of China
Icespeed Hu Xueyang People's Republic of China
Laugh, So That The Photo Will Be Beautiful Sherif Arafa Egypt
The Lunatics' Ball Michael Thorp New Zealand
A Midsummer Night's Dream Michael Hoffman United States of America
The New Voyage Yoji Yamada Japan
The Prompter Hidle Heier Norway
Propaganda Sinan Çetin Turkey
Rhapsody of Spring Teng Wenji People's Republic of China
The Trunk João Batista de Andrade Brazil
Under the Sun Colin Nutley Sweden
The Wedding Cow Tomi Streiff Germany
With Fire and Sword Jerzy Hoffman Poland
A Woman of the North Frans Weisz France/Italy
Women...and Women Saad Chraibi Morocco

Awards

Golden Goblet

  • Best Film- Propaganda (Turkey)
    • Silver Cup for Best Film- The Prompter (Norway)
  • Best Director- Yoji Yamada (for The New Voyage) (Japan)
  • Best Actor- Ahmad Zaki for Laugh, So the Photo Will Be Beautiful (Egypt)
  • Best Actress- Ai Liya for Genghis Khan (China)
  • Best Music- Beastie Girl (Austria)
  • Best Technology- A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA)

Special Jury Award

  • The Lunatics' Ball (director, Michael Thorp) (New Zealand)

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