49th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster | |
Opening film | Aimée & Jaguar |
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Closing film | Porgy and Bess |
Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (The Thin Red Line) |
Number of films | 206 films[1] |
Festival date | February 10 – 21, 1999 |
Website | Website |
The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1999.[2] The festival opened with Aimée & Jaguar by Max Färberböck.[2][3] The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film The Thin Red Line directed by Terrence Malick.[4]
The retrospective dedicated to Austrian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger was shown at the festival.[5] 70 mm version of Preminger's 1959 musical film Porgy and Bess served as the closing night film.[3][6]
Jury
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Ángela Molina, Jury President
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[7]
- Ángela Molina (Head of the Jury)
- Ken Adam
- Paulo Branco
- Assi Dayan
- Pierre-Henri Deleau
- Katja von Garnier
- Hellmuth Karasek
- Jeroen Krabbé
- Michelle Yeoh
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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8mm | 8mm | Joel Schumacher | USA, Germany |
Aimée & Jaguar | Max Färberböck | Germany | |
The Color of Lies | Au coeur du mensonge | Claude Chabrol | France |
Breakfast of Champions | Breakfast of Champions | Alan Rudolph | USA |
It All Starts Today | Ça commence aujourd'hui | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
Cookie's Fortune | Cookie's Fortune | Robert Altman | USA |
Emporte-moi | Léa Pool | Switzerland, Canada, France | |
Between Your Legs | Entre las piernas | Manuel Gómez Pereira | Spain, France |
eXistenZ | eXistenZ | David Cronenberg | Canada, UK, France |
Glória | Glória | Manuela Viegas | Portugal, France, Spain |
Journey to the Sun | Güneşe Yolculuk | Yeşim Ustaoğlu | Turkey, Netherlands, Germany |
The Hi-Lo Country | The Hi-Lo Country | Stephen Frears | USA, UK, Germany |
Karnaval | Thomas Vincent | France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland | |
Keiho | 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō | Yoshimitsu Morita | Japan |
Mifune's Last Song | Mifune | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Denmark, Sweden |
Nightshapes | Nachtgestalten | Andreas Dresen | Germany |
The Girl of Your Dreams | La niña de tus ojos | Fernando Trueba | Spain |
Playing by Heart | Playing by Heart | Willard Carroll | USA, UK |
Ordinary Heroes | Ann Hui | Hong Kong, China | |
Shakespeare in Love | Shakespeare in Love | John Madden | USA, UK |
Simon Magus | Simon Magus | Ben Hopkins | USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy |
The Thin Red Line | The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick | Canada, USA |
Three Seasons | Tony Bui | USA, Vietnam | |
Urban Feel | Jonathan Sagall | Israel |
Key
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.
Awards
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Terrence Malick, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[4]
- Golden Bear: The Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick
- Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Mifune by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Stephen Frears for The Hi-Lo Country
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Maria Schrader and Juliane Köhler for Aimée & Jaguar
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michael Gwisdek for Nachtgestalten
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard for Shakespeare in Love
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: David Cronenberg for eXistenZ
- Honourable Mention:
- Alfred Bauer Prize: Karnaval by Thomas Vincent
- Blue Angel Award: Güneşe Yolculuk by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
- Honorary Golden Bear: Shirley MacLaine
- Berlinale Camera:
- Armen Medvedjev
- Meryl Streep
- Robert Rodriguez
References
- 1 2 "PROGRAMME 1999". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- 1 2 "49th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Urban Feel: The Berlin Film Festival Says Goodbye to the Old West on its Way to a New Home". nitrateonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- 1 2 "PRIZES & HONOURS 1999". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ↑ "RETROSPECTIVE". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ "Berlin Draws Line". nitrateonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ↑ "JURIES 1999". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
External links
- 49th Berlin International Film Festival 1999
- 1999 Berlin International Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival:1999 at Internet Movie Database
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