56th Venice International Film Festival

The 56th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 1999. The Golden Lion was awarded to Yi ge dou bu neng shao directed by Zhang Yimou.^[1][2]

56th Venice International Film Festival

Opening film	Eyes Wide Shut
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Festival date	1 – 11 September 1999
Website	Website
Venice Film Festival chronology
57th 55th

Jury

The following people comprised the 1999 jury:^[3]

• Emir Kusturica (FR Yugoslavia) (head of jury)
• Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
• Maggie Cheung (Hong Kong)
• Jonathan Coe (UK) (critic)
• Jean Douchet (France) (critic)
• Shôzô Ichiyama (Japan)
• Arturo Ripstein (Mexico)
• Cindy Sherman (USA)
• Erick Zonca (France) (short films) (head of jury)
• Hilke Doering (festival curator) (short films)
• Andrea Occhipinti (Italy) (short films)

Official selection

In competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Appassionate		Tonino De Bernardi^[4]	Italy
The Cider House Rules		Lasse Hallström	United States
Crazy in Alabama		Antonio Banderas	United States
Empty Days	Rien à faire	Marion Vernoux	France
Holy Smoke!		Jane Campion	Australia
Jesus' Son		Alison Maclean	Canada, United States
Lies	Gojitmal	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	Yi ge dou bu neng shao	Zhang Yimou	China
A Pornographic Affair	Une liaison pornographique	Frédéric Fonteyne	Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Seventeen Years	Guo nian hui jia	Zhang Yuan	China
Topsy-Turvy		Mike Leigh	United Kingdom
Until Tomorrow (aka)	A domani	Gianni Zanasi	Italy
The Venice Project		Robert Dornhelm	United States, Austria
A Week in the Life of a Man	Tydzień z życia mężczyzny	Jerzy Stuhr	Poland
The Wind Will Carry Us	Bad ma ra khahad bord	Abbas Kiarostami	Iran, France

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:^[5]

• A Texas Funeral by William Blake Herron (United States, United Kingdom)
• Franck Spadone by Richard Bean (France)^[6]
• Getting To Know You by Lisanne Skyler (United States)^[7]
• Karvaan (en. Shadows In The Dark) by Pankaj Butalia (India)
• Crane World (Mundo grúa) by Pablo Trapero (Argentina)
• Questo è il giardino (en. This Is the Garden) by Giovanni Davide Maderna (Italy)
• Sennen-Tabito by Jinsei Tsuji (Japan)

Awards

• Golden Lion:
  • Yi ge dou bu neng shao (Zhang Yimou)
• Grand Special Jury Prize:
  • Bad ma ra khahad bord (Abbas Kiarostami)
• Silver Lion:
  • Seventeen Years (Zhang Yuan)
• Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor: Jim Broadbent Topsy-Turvy
  • Best Actress: Nathalie Baye Une liaison pornographique
  • Special Mention: Heng Tang Se-tong
• The President of the Italian Senate's gold medal:
  • Empty Days (Marion Vernoux)
• Marcello Mastroianni Award:
  • Nordrand (Nina Proll)
• Luigi De Laurentiis Award:
  • Questo è il giardino (Giovanni Maderna)
  • Special Mention: Bye Bye Africa (Mahamat Saleh Haroun)
• Career Golden Lion:
  • Jerry Lewis
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Competition: Bad ma ra khahad bord (Abbas Kiarostami)
  • Parallel Sections: Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)
• OCIC Award:
  • Jesus' Son (Alison Maclean)
  • Special Award: Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny (Jerzy Stuhr)
  • Special Award: Guo nian hui jia (Zhang Yuan)
• UNICEF Award:
  • Yi ge dou bu neng shao (Zhang Yimou)
• UNESCO Award:
  • Zion, Auto-Emancipation (Amos Gitai)
  • Civilisées (Randa Chahal Sabag)
• Pasinetti Award:
  • Best Film: Maurizio Zaccaro (Un uomo perbene)
  • Best Actor: (Sergi López i Ayats) Une liaison pornographique
  • Best Actress: (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) Empty Days
  • Special Mention: Guo nian hui jia (Zhang Yuan)
• Pietro Bianchi Award:
  • Dino De Laurentiis
• Isvema Award:
  • Questo è il giardino (Giovanni Maderna)
• FEDIC Award:
  • Il dolce rumore della vita (Giuseppe Bertolucci)
  • Special Award: The Protagonists (Carlo Croccolo)
  • Special Mention: The Protagonists (Luca Guadagnino)
  • Special Mention: Típota (Fabrizio Bentivoglio)
  • Special Mention: Enzo, domani a Palermo! (Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco)
• Little Golden Lion:
  • Jesus' Son (Alison Maclean)
• Anicaflash Prize:
  • Crane World (Pablo Trapero)
• Elvira Notari Prize:
  • Holy Smoke! (Kate Winslet and Jane Campion)
• Cult Network Italia Prize:
  • Crane World (Pablo Trapero)
• FilmCritica "Bastone Bianco" Award:
  • Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick)
• Future Film Festival Digital Award:
  • Hakuchi: The Innocent (Macoto Tezuka)
  • Special Mention: Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)
• Laterna Magica Prize:
  • Yi ge dou bu neng shao (Zhang Yimou)
• Sergio Trasatti Award:
  • Yi ge dou bu neng shao (Zhang Yimou)
• CinemAvvenire Award:
  • Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: After the Rain (Takashi Koizumi)
  • Best Film: Bad ma ra khahad bord (Abbas Kiarostami)
  • Best First Film: Bye Bye Africa (Mahamat Saleh Haroun)
  • Cinema for Peace Award: Closed Door (Atef Hetata)
• Children and Cinema Award:
  • Guo nian hui jia (Zhang Yuan)
• Children and Cinema Award - Special Mention:
  • Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern (Carlo Mazzacurati)
• Rota Soundtrack Award:
  • But Forever in My Mind (Paolo Buonvino)
• Special Director's Award:
  • Zhang Yuan

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. Tonino De Bernardi on IMDb
5. . sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
6. Richard Bean on IMDb
7. Lisanne Skyler on IMDb

External links

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1999 Awards on IMDb