The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999. The festival opened with Aimée & Jaguar by Max Färberböck.
The Golden Bear was awarded to The Thin Red Line directed by Terrence Malick.
The retrospective dedicated to Austrian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger. 70 mm version of Preminger's 1959 musical film Porgy and Bess served as the closing night film.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: Ángela Molina, Spanish actress - Jury President Ken Adam, British production designer Paulo Branco, Portuguese producer and actor Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, filmmaker and producer Pierre-Henri Deleau, French actor and producer Katja von Garnier, German filmmaker Hellmuth Karasek, German journalist, writer and film critic Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress
Official Sections
Main Competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: English title Original title Director(s) Production Country8mm Joel SchumacherUnited States, GermanyAimée & JaguarMax FärberböckGermanyBetween Your LegsEntre las piernas Manuel Gómez PereiraSpain, FranceBreakfast of Champions Alan RudolphUnited StatesThe Color of LiesAu coeur du mensonge Claude ChabrolFranceCookie's FortuneRobert AltmanUnited StateseXistenZ David CronenbergCanada, United Kingdom, FranceThe Girl of Your DreamsLa niña de tus ojos Fernando TruebaSpainGlória Manuela ViegasPortugal, France, SpainThe Hi-Lo Country Stephen FrearsUnited States, United Kingdom, GermanyIt All Starts TodayÇa commence aujourd'hui Bertrand TavernierFranceJourney to the SunGüneşe Yolculuk Yeşim UstaoğluTurkey, Netherlands, GermanyKarnavalThomas VincentFrance, Germany, Belgium, SwitzerlandKeiho39 刑法第三十九条 Yoshimitsu MoritaJapanMifune's Last SongMifune Søren Kragh-JacobsenDenmark, SwedenNightshapesNachtgestalten Andreas DresenGermanyOrdinary Heroes千言萬語Ann HuiHong Kong, ChinaPlaying by Heart Willard CarrollUnited States, United KingdomSet Me FreeEmporte-moiLéa PoolSwitzerland, Canada, FranceShakespeare in Love John MaddenUnited States, United KingdomSimon Magus Ben HopkinsUnited States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, ItalyThe Thin Red Line Terrence MalickCanada, United StatesThree SeasonsBa MùaTony BuiUnited States, VietnamUrban FeelKesher IrJonathan SagallIsrael War in the Highlands Francis Reusser Switzerland, France, Belgium Official Awards
Main Competition The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: Golden Bear: The Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Mifune by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Silver Bear for Best Director: Stephen Frears for The Hi-Lo Country Silver Bear for Best Actress: Maria Schrader and Juliane Köhler for Aimée & Jaguar Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michael Gwisdek for Nachtgestalten Alfred Bauer Prize: Karnaval by Thomas Vincent Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard for Shakespeare in Love Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: David Cronenberg for eXistenZ Honourable Mention: Iben Hjejle for Mifune Ça commence aujourd'hui John Toll for The Thin Red Line
Honorary Golden Bear Shirley MacLaine
Berlinale Camera Armen Medvedjev Meryl Streep Robert Rodriguez
Independent Awards
Blue Angel Award Journey to the Sun by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
FIPRESCI Award It All Starts Today by Bertrand Tavernier
Teddy Awards Best Film: Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål) by Lukas Moodysson Best Documentary Film: The Man Who Drove with Mandela by Greta Schiller Best Short Film: Liu Awaiting Spring by Andrew Soo Jury Award: Aimée & Jaguar by Max Färberböck; Lola and Billy the Kid (Lola und Bilidikid) by Kutluğ Ataman; Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities by Monika Treut; Piglets (Ferkel) by Luc Feit; NYNY n Why Not by Michael Brynntrup Reader Award: Trick by Jim Fall
References
External links 49th Berlin International Film Festival 1999 1999 Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival:1999 at Internet Movie Database