1999 Cannes Film Festival

The 52nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 1999. Canadian filmmaker, actor and author David Cronenberg was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the French–Belgian film Rosetta by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

The festival opened with The Barber of Siberia, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov and closed with An Ideal Husband, directed by Oliver Parker. Kristin Scott Thomas was the mistress of ceremonies.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1999 Official Selection:
 * David Cronenberg, Canadian filmmaker - Jury President
 * Dominique Blanc, French actress
 * Doris Dörrie, German filmmaker and producer
 * Jeff Goldblum, American actor
 * Barbara Hendricks, Swedish singer
 * Holly Hunter, American actress
 * George Miller, Australian filmmaker
 * Maurizio Nichetti, Italian filmmaker and acotr
 * Yasmina Reza, French actor and writer
 * André Téchiné, French filmmaker

Un Certain Regard
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1999 Un Certain Regard:
 * Lambert Wilson, French actor - Jury President
 * Irène Bignardi, critic
 * Annie Coppermann, critic
 * Thierry Gandillot, critic
 * Jonathan Romney, critic
 * Laurent Tirard, French filmmaker

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:
 * Thomas Vinterberg, Danish fillmmaker - Jury President
 * Cédric Klapisch, French filmmaker
 * Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
 * Walter Salles, Brazilian filmmaker
 * Greta Scacchi, Italian-Austrian actress

Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1999 Caméra d'Or:
 * Michel Piccoli, French actor - Jury President
 * Jean-Pierre Beauviala
 * Cherifa Chabane, critic
 * Caroline Champetier, French cinematographer:
 * Paola Malanga, critic
 * José Maria Riba, critic
 * Marie Vermillard, director
 * Peter Von Bagh, Finnish film historian and director

In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:


 * As Bodas de Deus by João César Monteiro
 * Away with Words by Christopher Doyle
 * Beautiful People by Jasmin Dizdar
 * Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland (Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz) by Daniel Schmid
 * Genesis (La genèse) by Cheick Oumar Sissoko
 * Harem Suare by Ferzan Özpetek
 * If I Give You my Humbleness, Don't Take Away my Pride by Karin Westerlund
 * Judy Berlin by Eric Mendelsohn
 * Kaizokuban Bootleg Film by Masahiro Kobayashi
 * March of Happiness (Tian ma cha fang) by Lin Cheng-sheng
 * Nadia and the Hippos (Nadia et les hippopotames) by Dominique Cabrera
 * New Dawn (Peau neuve) by Émilie Deleuze
 * Olympic Garage (Garage Olimpo) by Marco Bechis
 * The Other (L'autre) by Youssef Chahine
 * The Passengers (Les passagers) by Jean-Claude Guiguet
 * The Personals (Zheng hun qi shi) by Chen Kuo-fu
 * Ratcatcher by Lynne Ramsay
 * The Shade by Raphael Nadjari
 * Sicilia! by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
 * So Close to Paradise by Wang Xiaoshuai
 * Throne of Death (Marana Simhasanam) by Murali Nair
 * Vanaprastham by Shaji N. Karun
 * The Winslow Boy by David Mamet

Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


 * The Barber of Siberia by Nikita Mikhalkov
 * Dogma by Kevin Smith
 * EDtv by Ron Howard
 * Entrapment by Jon Amiel (Special screening)
 * Farewell, Home Sweet Home (Adieu, plancher des vaches!) by Otar Iosseliani
 * An Ideal Husband by Oliver Parker
 * The Limey by Steven Soderbergh
 * My Best Fiend (Mein liebster Feind) by Werner Herzog

Cinéfondation
The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:


 * Baballoon (Babalon) by Michal Zabka
 * Cambi e Scambi by Donata Pizzato
 * The Clock by Noah Laracy
 * Dimanche by Fabrice Aragno
 * The Execution by Lee In-Kyun
 * Fish 073 (Ryba 073) by Vaclav Svankmajer
 * Germania by Kris Krikellis
 * Im Hukim (With Rules) by Dover Kosashvili
 * Inter-View by Jessica Hausner
 * Ked Nie, Tak Nie by Vladimir Kral
 * Layover by Shen Ko-Shang
 * Der Linkshander by Iouri Kouzine
 * Little Big Dog by Bo Hagen Clausen
 * Milk by Mairi Cameron
 * La Puce by Emmanuelle Bercot
 * Runt by Jesse Lawrence
 * Second Hand by Emily Young
 * Waxandwane by Axel Koenzen
 * Wojtek by David Turner
 * Yumeji Ningyo (Doll of Dreams) by Yamazaki Tatsuji

Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


 * Billy's Balloon by Don Hertzfeldt
 * The Cookie Thief by Hugo Currie, Toby Leslie
 * Devil Doll by Jarl Olsen
 * An Eternity by Daehyun Kim
 * Food for Thought by John Paton, Matthew Ross
 * Husk by Jerry Handler
 * Le Pique-Nique by Il-Gon Song
 * Rien Dire by Vincent Pérez (France)
 * Roulette by Roberto Santiago
 * Simultaneity by Seong Sook Kim
 * Stop by Rodolphe Marconi
 * When the Day Breaks by Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby

International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 38th International Critics' Week (38e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition


 * 7/25 (Nana-ni-go) by Wataru Hayakawa (Japan)
 * Flores de otro mundo by Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
 * Hold Back the Night by Phil Davis (United Kingdom)
 * On Board (Gemide) by Serdar Akar (Turkey)
 * Siam Sunset by John Polson (Australia)
 * Strange Fits of Passion by Elise McCredie (Australia)
 * The White Suit (Belo odelo) by Lazar Ristovski (FR Yugoslavia)

Short film competition


 * The Circle (Dayereh) by Mohammad Shirvani (Iran)
 * Dérapages by Pascal Adant (Belgium)
 * Fuzzy Logic by Tom Krueger (United States)
 * The Good Son by Sean McGuire (United Kingdom)
 * La Leçon du jour by Irène Sohm (France)
 * More by Mark Osborne (United States)
 * Shoes Off! by Mark Sawers (Canada)

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1999 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


 * A mort la mort ! by Romain Goupil
 * Agnes Browne by Anjelica Huston
 * The Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
 * Le Bleu des villes by Stéphane Brizé
 * Charisma by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
 * Un château en Espagne by Delphine Gleize
 * Les Convoyeurs attendent by Benoît Mariage
 * The Cup (Phörpa) by Khyentse Norbu
 * Darkness and Light (Hei An Zhi Guang) by Chang Tso-Chi
 * East Is East by Damien O'Donnell
 * El entusiasmo by Ricardo Larraín
 * Fever by Alex Winter
 * The Five Senses by Jeremy Podeswa
 * Haut les cœurs! by Sólveig Anspach
 * Kiemas by Valdas Navasaitis
 * The Last September by Deborah Warner
 * M/Other by Nobuhiro Suwa
 * Qui plume la lune ? by Christine Carrière
 * Scenery by Zhao Jisong
 * Sud by Chantal Akerman
 * Summer of Sam by Spike Lee
 * The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola
 * The War Zone by Tim Roth
 * Voyages by Emmanuel Finkiel
 * Paths in the Night by Andreas Kleinert


 * Short films


 * Le Franc by Djibril Diop Mambety (45 min.)
 * Marée haute by Caroline Champetier (17 min.)
 * Un petit air de fête by Eric Guirado (35 min.)
 * La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil (or The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun) by Djibril Diop Mambety (45 min.)
 * Le Premier pas by Florence Vignon (23 min.)
 * La Tentation de l'innocence by Fabienne Godet (43 min.)
 * O Trouble by Sylvia Calle (10 min.)

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1999 Official selection awards:

In Competition Un Certain Regard Cinéfondation Golden Camera Short Films
 * Palme d'Or: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
 * Grand Prize of the Jury: L'humanité by Bruno Dumont
 * Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar for Todo sobre mi madre
 * Best Screenplay: Molokh by Yuri Arabov
 * Best Actress:
 * Séverine Caneele for L'humanité
 * Émilie Dequenne for Rosetta
 * Best Actor: Emmanuel Schotté for L'humanité
 * Jury Prize: La lettre by Manoel de Oliveira
 * Un Certain Regard Award: Beautiful People by Jasmin Dizdar
 * First Prize: Second Hand by Emily Young
 * Second Prize: Im Hukim by Dover Koshashvili & La puce by Emmanuelle Bercot
 * Third Prize: Little Big Dog by Bo Hagen Clausen
 * Special Mention: Inter-View by Jessica Hausner
 * Caméra d'Or: Marana Simhasanam by Murali Nair
 * Short Film Palme d'Or: When the Day Breaks by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
 * Jury Prize: Stop by Rodolphe Marconi & Le Pique-Nique by Il-Gon Song

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week Awards in the frame of Directors' Fortnight Association Prix François Chalais
 * Peau neuve by Émilie Deleuze (In competition)
 * M/Other by Nobuhiro Suwa (Directors' Fortnight)
 * Technical Grand Prize: Juhua Tu (production design) in The Emperor and the Assassin (Jing Ke ci Qin Wang)
 * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar
 * Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
 * Foreign Film: The Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez
 * French Film: Voyages by Emmanuel Finkiel
 * Mercedes-Benz Award: Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from Another World) by Icíar Bollaín
 * Canal+ Award: Shoes Off! by Mark Sawers
 * Grand Golden Rail: Siam Sunset by John Polson
 * Little Golden Rail: Derapages by Pascal Adant
 * Kodak Short Film Award: Un petit air de fête by Eric Guirado
 * Kodak Short Film Award – Special Mention Ô trouble by Sylvia Calle
 * C.I.C.A.E. Award: Qui plume la lune ? by Christine Carrière
 * Gras Savoye Award: Un château en Espagne by Delphine Gleize
 * François Chalais Award: The Other (L'autre) by Youssef Chahine

Media

 * INA: Opening of the 1999 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1999 festival (commentary in French)