Awards for 1999

Golden Lion

WINNER

Not One Less: Yimou Zhang

IN-COMPETITION

A domani: Gianni Zanasi
Appassionate: Tonino De Bernardi
The Wind Will Carry Us: Abbas Kiarostami
The Cider House Rules: Lasse Hallström
Crazy in Alabama: Antonio Banderas
Lies: Sun-Woo Jang
Seventeen Years: Yuan Zhang
Holy Smoke: Jane Campion
Jesus' Son: Alison Maclean
Mal: Alberto Seixas Santos
Nordrand: Barbara Albert
Keep It Quiet: Benoît Jacquot
Empty Days: Marion Vernoux
Topsy-Turvy: Mike Leigh
Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny: Jerzy Stuhr
Une liaison pornographique: Frédéric Fonteyne
The Venice Project: Robert Dornhelm
Night Wind: Philippe Garrel

Grand Special Jury Prize

WINNER

The Wind Will Carry Us: Abbas Kiarostami

Silver Lion

Best Short Film

WINNER

Portrait of a Young Man Drowning: Teboho Mahlatsi

IN-COMPETITION

Accidents: Paul Swadel (director) (James Wallace Productions (production company))

Volpi Cup

Best Actor

WINNER

Topsy-Turvy: Jim Broadbent

Best Actress

WINNER

Une liaison pornographique: Nathalie Baye

Special Mention

Best Short Film

WINNER

Se-tong: Heng Tang

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

WINNER

Empty Days: Marion Vernoux

Marcello Mastroianni Award

WINNER

Nordrand: Nina Proll

Luigi De Laurentiis Award

WINNER

Questo è il giardino: Giovanni Davide Maderna

Luigi De Laurentiis Award - Special Mention

WINNER

Bye Bye Africa: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Career Golden Lion

WINNER

Jerry Lewis

FIPRESCI Prize

International Competition

WINNER

The Wind Will Carry Us: Abbas Kiarostami
For its lyrical sense of nature, its intriguing narrative and its trust in the viewer's participation in the creation of its poetry.

Parallel Sections

WINNER

Being John Malkovich: Spike Jonze
For an ingeniously written absurdist satire on the fascination of fame directed with great flair.

OCIC Award

WINNER

Jesus' Son: Alison Maclean, Abbas Kiarostami

OCIC Special Award

WINNERS

Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny: Jerzy Stuhr
Tied with Guo nian hui jia.
Seventeen Years: Yuan Zhang
Tied with Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny.

UNICEF Award

WINNER

Not One Less: Yimou Zhang

UNESCO Award

WINNERS

Zion, Auto-Emancipation: Amos Gitai
Tied with _Zion, Auto-Emancipation (1998)_ .
A Civilized People: Randa Chahal Sabag
Tied with _Zion, Auto-Emancipation (1998)_ .

Pasinetti Award

Best Film

WINNER

Un uomo perbene: Maurizio Zaccaro

Best Actor

WINNER

Une liaison pornographique: Sergi López

Best Actress

WINNER

Empty Days: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Pasinetti Award - Special Mention

WINNER

Seventeen Years: Yuan Zhang

Pietro Bianchi Award

WINNER

Dino De Laurentiis

Isvema Award

WINNER

Questo è il giardino: Giovanni Davide Maderna

FEDIC Award

WINNER

Il dolce rumore della vita: Giuseppe Bertolucci

FEDIC Special Award

WINNER

The Protagonists: Carlo Croccolo

FEDIC Award - Special Mention

WINNERS

The Protagonists: Luca Guadagnino
Tipota: Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Enzo, domani a Palermo!: Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco

Little Golden Lion

WINNER

Jesus' Son: Alison Maclean

Anicaflash Prize

WINNER

Crane World: Pablo Trapero

Elvira Notari Prize

WINNER

Holy Smoke: Jane Campion, Kate Winslet

'Cult Network Italia' Prize

WINNER

Crane World: Pablo Trapero

Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

WINNER

Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick

Future Film Festival Digital Award

WINNER

Hakuchi: The Innocent: Macoto Tezuka

Future Film Festival Digital Award - Special Mention

WINNER

Being John Malkovich: Spike Jonze

Laterna Magica Prize

WINNER

Not One Less: Yimou Zhang

Sergio Trasatti Award

WINNER

Not One Less: Yimou Zhang

Sergio Trasatti Award - Special Mention

WINNER

Seventeen Years: Yuan Zhang

'CinemAvvenire' Award

Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature

WINNER

After the Rain: Takashi Koizumi

Best Film

WINNER

The Wind Will Carry Us: Abbas Kiarostami

Best First Film

WINNER

Bye Bye Africa: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Cinema for Peace Award

WINNER

Closed Doors: Atef Hetata

Children and Cinema Award

WINNER

Seventeen Years: Yuan Zhang

Children and Cinema Award - Special Mention

WINNER

Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern: Carlo Mazzacurati

Rota Soundtrack Award

WINNER

But Forever in My Mind: Paolo Buonvino

Special Director's Award

WINNER

Seventeen Years: Yuan Zhang

Jury:

Emir Kusturica: Serbia, head of jury
Marco Bellocchio: Italy
Maggie Cheung: Hong Kong
Coe, Jonathan (II): UK, critic
Jean Douchet: France, critic
Shozo Ichiyama: Japan, critic
Arturo Ripstein: Mexico
Cindy Sherman: USA
Erick Zonca: France, short films, head of jury
Doering, Hilke: festival curator, short films
Andrea Occhipinti: Italy, short films

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