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.
poster, adapted from an original illustration by Assane N' Doye.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1999 Official Selection:- David Cronenberg Jury President
- André Téchiné
- Barbara Hendricks
- Dominique Blanc
- Doris Dörrie
- George Miller
- Holly Hunter
- Jeff Goldblum
- Maurizio Nichetti
- Yasmina Reza
Un Certain Regard
- Lambert Wilson President
- Irène Bignardi
- Annie Coppermann
- Thierry Gandillot
- Jonathan Romney
- Laurent Tirard
Cinéfondation and short films
- Thomas Vinterberg President
- Cédric Klapisch
- Virginie Ledoyen
- Walter Salles
- Greta Scacchi
Camera d'Or
- Michel Piccoli President
- Peter Von Bagh
- Jean-Pierre Beauviala
- Cherifa Chabane
- Caroline Champetier
- Paola Malanga
- José Maria Riba
- Marie Vermillard
Official selection
In competition – Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:- 8½ Women by Peter Greenaway
- All About My Mother by Pedro Almodóvar
- Cradle Will Rock by Tim Robbins
- The Emperor and the Assassin by Chen Kaige
- Felicia's Journey by Atom Egoyan
- by Jim Jarmusch
- Humanité by Bruno Dumont
- Kadosh by Amos Gitai
- Kikujiro by Takeshi Kitano
- The Letter by Manoel de Oliveira
- Limbo by John Sayles
- Love Will Tear Us Apart by Nelson Yu Lik-wai
- Moloch by Alexander Sokurov
- The Nanny by Marco Bellocchio
- No One Writes to the Colonel by Arturo Ripstein
- Our Happy Lives by Jacques Maillot
- Pola X by Leos Carax
- Rosetta by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- The Straight Story by David Lynch
- Tales of Kish by Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Nasser Taghvai
- Time Regained by Raúl Ruiz
- Wonderland by Michael Winterbottom
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 by Daniel Schmid
- Genesis 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 by Lin Cheng-sheng
- Nadia and the Hippos by Dominique Cabrera
- New Dawn by Émilie Deleuze
- Olympic Garage by Marco Bechis
- The Other by Youssef Chahine
- The Passengers by Jean-Claude Guiguet
- The Personals 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 by Murali Nair
- Vanaprastham by Shaji N. Karun
- The Winslow Boy by David Mamet
Films out of competition
- The Barber of Siberia by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Dogma by Kevin Smith
- EDtv by Ron Howard
- Entrapment by Jon Amiel
- Farewell, Home Sweet Home by Otar Iosseliani
- An Ideal Husband by Oliver Parker
- The Limey by Steven Soderbergh
- My Best Fiend by Werner Herzog
Cinéfondation
- Baballoon 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 by Vaclav Svankmajer
- Germania by Kris Krikellis
- Im Hukim 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 by Yamazaki Tatsuji
Short film competition
- 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
- Roulette by Roberto Santiago
- Simultaneity by Seong Sook Kim
- Stop by Rodolphe Marconi
- When the Day Breaks by Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 38th International Critics' Week :Feature film competition
- 7/25 Nana-ni-go by Wataru Hayakawa
- Flores de otro mundo by Icíar Bollaín
- Hold Back the Night by Phil Davis
- On Board by Serdar Akar
- Siam Sunset by John Polson
- Strange Fits of Passion by Elise McCredie
- The White Suit by Lazar Ristovski
- The Circle by Mohammad Shirvani
- Dérapages by Pascal Adant
- Fuzzy Logic by Tom Krueger
- The Good Son by Sean McGuire
- La Leçon du jour by Irène Sohm
- More by Mark Osborne
- Shoes Off! by Mark Sawers
Directors' Fortnight
- 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 by Khyentse Norbu
- Darkness and Light 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
- Wege in die Nacht by Andreas Kleinert
- Le Franc by Djibril Diop Mambety
- Marée haute by Caroline Champetier
- Un petit air de fête by Eric Guirado
- La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil by Djibril Diop Mambety
- Le Premier pas by Florence Vignon
- La Tentation de l'innocence by Fabienne Godet
- O Trouble by Sylvia Calle
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1999 Official selection awards:In Competition
- 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
- Peau neuve by Émilie Deleuze
- M/Other by Nobuhiro Suwa
- Technical Grand Prize: Juhua Tu in The Emperor and the Assassin
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar
- Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Foreign Film: The Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
- French Film: Voyages by Emmanuel Finkiel
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Flores de otro mundo 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 by Youssef Chahine
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