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 Goblet.
Jury Wu Yigong, director (China) Paolo Virzì, director (Italy) Yasuo Furuhata, director (Japan) Carole Bouquet, actress (France) Park Kwang-su, director (South Korea) Stanislav Rostotsky, director (Russia) Zheng Dongtian, director (China)
In competition TitleDirectorCountry Art Museum by the Zoo Lee Jeong-Hyang South Korea Back to Life Pascal Baeumler France Beastie Girl Johannes Frabrick Austria Dancing Soul Lucia Rikaki Greece Genghis Khan Fu Sai,Mai Lisi People's Republic of China Icespeed Hu Xueyang People's Republic of China Laugh, So That The Photo Will Be Beautiful Sherif Arafa Egypt The Lunatics' Ball Michael Thorp New Zealand A Midsummer Night's Dream Michael Hoffman United States of America The New Voyage Yoji Yamada Japan The Prompter Hidle Heier Norway Propaganda Sinan Çetin Turkey Rhapsody of Spring Teng Wenji People's Republic of China The Trunk João Batista de Andrade Brazil Under the Sun Colin Nutley Sweden The Wedding Cow Tomi Streiff Germany With Fire and Sword Jerzy Hoffman Poland A Woman of the North Frans Weisz France/Italy Women...and Women Saad Chraibi Morocco
Awards
Golden Goblet Best Film- Propaganda (Turkey) Silver Cup for Best Film- The Prompter (Norway) Best Director- Yoji Yamada (for The New Voyage) (Japan) Best Actor- Ahmad 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 Night's Dream (USA)
Special Jury Award The Lunatics' Ball (director, Michael Thorp) (New Zealand)
External links Archives of the Shanghai International Film Festival 4th SIFF at the Internet Movie Database