1999 Shanghai International Film Festival

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 Cup.

Jury

*Wu Yigong, director (China)
*Paolo Virzi, director (Italy)
*Yasuo Furuhata, director (Japan)
*Carole Bouquet, actress (France)
*Park Kwang-su, director (South Korea)
*Stanislav Rostosky, director (Russia)
*Zheng Dongtian, director (China)

In competition

Awards

Golden Cup

*Best Film- Propaganda (Turkey)
**Silver Cup for Best Film- "The Prompter" (Norway)
*Best Director- Yoji Yamada (for "The New Voyage") (Japan)
*Best Actor- Ahmed Zaki for "Laugh, So the Photo Will Be Beautiful" (Egypt)
*Best Actress- Ai Liya for "Genghis Khan" (China)
*Best Music- "Beastie Girl" (Austria)
*Best Technology- "A Midsummer's Night Dream" (USA)

pecial Jury Award

*"The Lunatics' Ball" (director, Michael Thorp) (New Zealand)

External links

* [http://www.siff.com/Archive/en/history_index.htm Archives] of the Shanghai International Film Festival
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Shanghai_International_Film_Festival/1999 4th SIFF] at the Internet Movie Database