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
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Wu Yigong
Wu Yigong (; 1 December 1938 – 14 September 2019) was a Chinese film director and producer.
Biography
Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Wu Yigong enrolled in the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1956. After graduation in ...
, director (China)
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Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer.
Early life and work
Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending ...
, director (Italy)
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Yasuo Furuhata
was a Japanese film director. He was a director of Toei film company and he often worked with Ken Takakura in such films as '' Eki'' and ''Shin Abashiri Bangaichi''. He won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year and 31st Internat ...
, director (Japan)
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Carole Bouquet, actress (France)
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Park Kwang-su, director (South Korea)
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Stanislav Rostotsky
Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky (russian: Станислав Иосифович Ростоцкий; 21 April 1922, in Rybinsk – 10 August 2001, in Vyborg) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, the recipient of the two USSR State Prize ...
, director (Russia)
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Zheng Dongtian, director (China)
In competition
Awards
Golden Goblet
*Best Film- Propaganda (Turkey)
**Silver Cup for Best Film- ''The Prompter'' (Norway)
*Best Director-
Yoji Yamada
is a Japanese film director best known for his ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (''The Twilight Samurai'', ''The Hidden Blade'' and '' Love and Honor'').
Biography
He was born in Osaka, but due to his father's job ...
(for ''
The New Voyage'') (Japan)
*Best Actor-
Ahmad Zaki for ''
Laugh, So the Photo Will Be Beautiful'' (Egypt)
*Best Actress-
Ai Liya
Ai Liya (; born 1 December 1965 in Inner Mongolia) is a Chinese film and television actress. She graduated from the Acting Department of Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy (BFA; ) is a coeducational state-run higher education institu ...
for ''
Genghis Khan'' (China)
*Best Music- ''
Beastie Girl'' (Austria)
*Best Technology- ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (USA)
Special Jury Award
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The Lunatics' Ball'' (director,
Michael Thorp) (New Zealand)
External links
Archivesof the Shanghai International Film Festival
4th SIFFat the
Internet Movie Database
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Shanghai
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Film
Shanghai International Film Festival
1990s in Shanghai
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