The 56th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 1999.
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.
Juries The following people comprised the 1999 jury: Main Competition
Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavian director - Jury President Marco Bellocchio, Italian director Maggie Cheung, Chinese actress Jonathan Coe, British novelist and film critic Jean Douchet, French film critic Shôzô Ichiyama, Japanese film producer Arturo Ripstein, Mexican director Cindy Sherman, American photographer
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Feature Claire Denis - French director, Jury President Férid Boughedir, Tunisian director Kent Jones, American film critic Morando Morandini, Italian film critic Ferzan Ozpetek, Italian director
Short Films Competition Erick Zonca, French director - Jury President Hilke Doering, German festival curator Andrea Occhipinti, Italian actor and producer
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened: In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Appassionate Tonino De Bernardi Italy 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 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 See You Gianni Zanasi Italy Seventeen Years 過年回家 Zhang Yuan China Topsy-Turvy Mike Leigh United Kingdom A Week in the Life of a Man Jerzy Stuhr Poland The Wind Will Carry Us باد ما را خواهد برد Abbas Kiarostami Iran, France
Out of Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick United Kingdom My Voyage to Italy Il mio viaggio in Italia Martin Scorsese Italy Sweet and Lowdown Woody Allen United StatesSpecial events After the Rain 雨あがる Takashi Koizumi Japan Luchino Visconti Carlo Lizzani Italy A Respectable Man Un uomo perbene Maurizio Zaccaro Típota Fabrizio Bentivoglio Special screenings The Venice Project Robert Dornhelm United States, Austria
Cinema del Presente
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Autumn Autunno Nina di Majo Italy Barren Illusion 大いなる幻影 Kiyoshi Kurosawa JapanBeau Travail Claire Denis France Bleeder Nicolas Winding Refn Denmark But Forever in My Mind Come te nessuno mai Gabriele Muccino Italy Boys Don't Cry Kimberly Peirce United States Buddy Boy Mark Hanlon A Civilized People Civilisées Randa Chahal Sabag France Closed Doors الأبواب المغلقة Atef Hetata Egypt Gemini 双生児 Shinya Tsukamoto Japan The Idiot Returns Návrat idiota Sasa Gedeon Czech Republic Julien Donkey-Boy Harmony Korine United States Libero Burro Sergio Castellitto Italy Nightfall Abendland Fred Kelemen Germany Ratas, ratones, rateros Sebastián Cordero Ecuador Red Dust Crvena prasina Zrinko Ogresta Croatia Split Wide Open Dev Benegal India The Sweet Sounds of Life Il dolce rumore della vita Giuseppe Bertolucci Italy With or Without You Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom
Dreams and Visions English title Original title Director(s) Production country Being John Malkovich Spike Jonze United States Criminal Lovers Les amants criminels François Ozon France Eye of the Beholder Stephan Elliott Canada Fight Club David Fincher United States Guardami Davide Ferrario Italy Hakuchi 白痴 Macoto Tezuka Japan Luna Papa Лунный папа Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Tayikistan Music of the Heart Wes Craven United States October Sky Joe Johnston
New Territories English title Original title Director(s) Production country Adwa አድዋ Haile Gerima Ethiopia The Bird Who Stops in the Air 년 새는 폐곡선을 그린다 Soo-il Jeon South Korea Bye Bye Africa Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad Cold Lands Les terres froides Sébastien Lifshitz France The Death of a Composer: Rosa, a Horse Drama Peter Greenaway United Kingdom Diva Dolorosa Peter Delpeut Netherlands Italian Conversation Conversazione italiana Alberto Arbasino, Fiorella Infascelli Italy The Love of Three Oranges 3 ju zhi lian Hung Hung Taiwan Nasty Neighbours Debbie Isitt United Kingdom Non con un bang Mariano Lamberti Italy The Protagonists Luca Guadagnino Italy Public Enemy Jens Meurer France Ray Goutam Ghose India São Jerônimo Júlio Bressane BrasilLa voleuse de Saint-Lubin Claire Devers France Wisconsin Death Trip James Trip United KingdomNon-fiction Il denaro non esiste Ermanno Olmi Italy Zion, Auto-Emancipation Amos Gitai Israel
Independent Sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: English title Original title Director(s) Production country A Texas Funeral William Blake Herron United States Franck Spadone Richard Bean France Getting to Know You Lisanne Skyler United States Shadows in the Dark Karvaan Pankaj Butalia India, France Crane World Mundo grúa Pablo Trapero Argentina This Is the Garden Questo è il giardino Giovanni Maderna Italy Millennium Traveler 千年旅人 Hitonari Tsuji Japan
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: Not One Less by Zhang Yimou Grand Special Jury Prize: The Wind Will Carry Us by Abbas Kiarostami Silver Lion: Seventeen Years by Zhang Yuan Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Jim Broadbent for Topsy-Turvy Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Nathalie Baye for Une liaison pornographique Special Mention: Se-tong by Heng Tang Marcello Mastroianni Award: Nina Proll for Nordrand
Luigi De Laurentis Award Questo è il giardino by Giovanni Maderna Special Mention: Bye Bye Africa by Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Jerry Lewis
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's gold medal Empty Days by Marion Vernoux
FIPRESCI Prize Competition: The Wind Will Carry Us for Abbas Kiarostami Parallel Sections: Being John Malkovich for Spike Jonze
OCIC Award Jesus' Son by Alison Maclean Special Award: A Week in the Life of a Man by Jerzy Stuhr Special Award: Seventeen Years by Zhang Yuan
UNICEF Award Not One Less by Zhang Yimou
UNESCO Award Zion, Auto-Emancipation by Amos Gitai Civilisées by Randa Chahal Sabag
Pasinetti Award Best Film: Maurizio Zaccaro by Un uomo perbene Best Actor: Sergi López i Ayats for Une liaison pornographique Best Actress: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi for Empty Days Special Mention: Guo nian hui jia (Zhang Yuan)
Pietro Bianchi Award Dino De Laurentiis
Isvema Award Questo è il giardino by Giovanni Maderna
FEDIC Award The Sweet Sounds of Life by Giuseppe Bertolucci Special Award: Carlo Croccolo for The Protagonists Special Mention: The Protagonists by Luca Guadagnino Special Mention: Típota by Fabrizio Bentivoglio Special Mention: Enzo, domani a Palermo! by Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco
Little Golden Lion Jesus' Son by Alison Maclean
Anicaflash Prize Crane World by Pablo Trapero
Elvira Notari Prize Kate Winslet and Jane Campion for Holy Smoke!
Cult Network Italia Prize Crane World by Pablo Trapero
FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick
Future Film Festival Digital Award Hakuchi: The Innocent by Macoto Tezuka Special Mention: Being John Malkovich by Spike Jonze
Laterna Magica Prize Yi ge dou bu neng shao by Zhang Yimou
Sergio Trasatti Award Yi ge dou bu neng shao by Zhang Yimou
CinemAvvenire Award Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: After the Rain by Takashi Koizumi Best Film: Bad ma ra khahad bord by Abbas Kiarostami Best First Film: Bye Bye Africa by Mahamat Saleh Haroun Cinema for Peace Award: Closed Door by Atef Hetata
Children and Cinema Award Guo nian hui jia by Zhang Yuan Special Mention: Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern by Carlo Mazzacurati
Rota Soundtrack Award But Forever in My Mind by Paolo Buonvino
Special Director's Award Zhang Yuan
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1999 Awards on IMDb