Cannes Film Fest 1999: Year 52–Dardenne Brothers Win for Rosetta

The 52nd Cannes Film Fest was held May 12–23, 1999.

The Palme d’Or went to the Belgian film Rosetta, by the brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

The festival opened with a very weak film, Mikhalkov’s The Barber of Siberia.

It closed with An Ideal Husband, directed by Oliver Parker.

• André Téchiné (France)
• Barbara Hendricks (Sweden)
• Dominique Blanc (France)
• Doris Dörrie (Germany)
• George Miller (Australia)
• Holly Hunter (US)
• Jeff Goldblum (US)
• Maurizio Nichetti (Italy)
• Yasmina Reza (France)

Feature film competition

• 8½ Women by Peter Greenaway
• Cradle Will Rock by Tim Robbins
• El coronel no tiene quien le escriba by Arturo Ripstein
• Felicia’s Journey by Atom Egoyan
• Ghessé hayé kish by Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Nasser Taghvai
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai by Jim Jarmusch
• Jing Ke ci Qin Wang by Chen Kaige
• Kadosh by Amos Gitai
• Kikujirô no natsu by Takeshi Kitano
• L’humanité by Bruno Dumont
• La balia by Marco Bellocchio
• La letter by Manoel de Oliveira
• Le temps retrouvé, d’après l’oeuvre de Marcel Proust by Raúl Ruiz
• Limbo by John Sayles
• Molokh by Alexander Sokurov
• Nos vies heureuses by Jacques Maillot
• Pola X by Leos Carax
• Rosetta by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
• The Straight Story by David Lynch
• Tin seung yan gaan by Nelson Yu Lik-wai
• Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar
• Wonderland by Michael Winterbottom

Un Certain Regard

• As Bodas de Deus by João César Monteiro
• Away with Words by Christopher Doyle
• Beautiful People by Jasmin Dizdar
• Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz by Daniel Schmid
• Kaizokuban Bootleg Film by Masahiro Kobayashi
• L’autre by Youssef Chahine
• Garage Olimpo by Marco Bechis
• Harem Suare by Ferzan Özpetek
• If I Give You my Humbleness, Don’t Take Away my Pride by Karin Westerlund
• Judy Berlin by Eric Mendelsohn
• La genèse by Cheick Oumar Sissoko Les passagers by Jean-Claude Guiguet
• Marana Simhasanam by Murali Nair
• Nadia et les hippopotames by Dominique Cabrera
• Peau neuve by Émilie Deleuze
• Ratcatcher by Lynne Ramsay
• Sicilia! by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
• So Close to Paradise by Wang Xiaoshuai
• Zheng hun qi shi by Chen Kuo-Fu
• The Shade by Raphael Nadjari
• The Winslow Boy by David Mamet
• Tian ma cha fang by Lin Chen-Sheng

Films out of competition

• Adieu, plancher des vaches! by Otar Iosseliani
• An Ideal Husband by Oliver Parker
• Dogma by Kevin Smith
• EDtv by Ron Howard
• Entrapment by Jon Amiel
• Mein liebster Feind by Werner Herzog
• The Barber of Siberia by Nikita Mikhalkov
• The Limey by Steven Soderbergh

Awards

• Palme d’Or: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
• Grand Prize of the Jury: L’humanite by Bruno Dumont
• Jury Prize: La lettre by Manoel de Oliveira
• Best Actor: Emmanuel Schotté for L’humanité
• Best Actress: Tie
  • Séverine Caneele for L’humanité
  • Émilie Dequenne for Rosetta
• Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar for Todo sobre mi madre
• Short Film Palme d’Or: When the Day Breaks by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
• Best Screenplay: Molokh by Juri Arabov
• Technical Grand Prize: Tin seung yan gaan by Juhua Tu
• Caméra d’Or: Marana Simhasanam by Murali Nair
• Cinéfondation Award:
  • Second Hand by Emily Young
  • Im Hukim by Dover Koshashvili
  • La puce by Emmanuelle Bercot
• Cinefondation Award – Special Mention: Inter-View by Jessica Hausner
• Un Certain Regard Award: Beautiful People by Jasmin Dizdar
• Mercedes-Benz Award: Flores de otro mundo by Icíar Bollaín
• Canal+ Award: Shoes Off! by Mark Sawers
• Kodak Short Film Award: Un petit air de fête by Eric Guirado
• Kodak Short Film Award – Special Mention Ô trouble by Sylvia Calle
• Grand Golden Rail: Siam Sunset by John Polson
• C.I.C.A.E. Award: Qui plume la lune? by Christine Carrière
• Gras Savoye Award: Un château en Espagne by Delphine Gleize
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Peau neuve by Émilie Deleuze (Competition)
  • M/Other by Nobuhiro Suwa (Parallel Sections)
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
• France Culture Award: Jean-Claude Biette (for his whole work)
• Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: The Blair Witch Project by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
  • French Film: Voyages by Emmanuel Finkiel
• François Chalais Award: L’autre by Youssef Chahine

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