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
| Title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 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