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) |
No. of films | 206 films[1] |
Festival date | 10 –21 February 1999 |
Website | Website |
The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999.[2][3] The festival opened with Aimée & Jaguar by Max Färberböck.[3][4] The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film The Thin Red Line directed by Terrence Malick.[5]
The retrospective dedicated to Austrian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger was shown at the festival.[6] 70 mm version of Preminger's 1959 musical film Porgy and Bess served as the closing night film.[4][7]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[8]
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 |
Set Me Free | 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 | |
War in the Highlands | La Guerre dans le Haut Pays | Francis Reusser | Switzerland, France, Belgium[9][10] |
† | 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. |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[5]