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49th Berlin International Film Festival

1999 film festival in Berlin, Germany

Field	Value
name	49th Berlin International Film Festival
image	49th Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg
caption	Festival poster
opening	Aimée & Jaguar
closing	Porgy and Bess
location	Berlin, Germany
founded	1951
awards	Golden Bear:
The Thin Red Line
number	206 films
date	10 –21 February 1999
website	[Website](http://www.berlinale.de)
chronology	Berlin International Film Festival
preceded_by	[48th](48th-berlin-international-film-festival)
followed_by	[50th](50th-berlin-international-film-festival)

The Thin Red Line

The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999. The festival opened with Aimée & Jaguar by Max Färberböck.

The Golden Bear was awarded to The Thin Red Line directed by Terrence Malick.

The retrospective dedicated to Austrian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger. 70 mm version of Preminger's 1959 musical film Porgy and Bess served as the closing night film.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

Ángela Molina, Spanish actress - Jury President
Ken Adam, British production designer
Paulo Branco, Portuguese producer and actor
Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, filmmaker and producer
Pierre-Henri Deleau, French actor and producer
Katja von Garnier, German filmmaker
Hellmuth Karasek, German journalist, writer and film critic
Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production Country
[8mm](8mm-film)	Joel Schumacher	United States, Germany
Aimée & Jaguar	Max Färberböck	Germany
Between Your Legs	Entre las piernas	Manuel Gómez Pereira	Spain, France
Breakfast of Champions	Alan Rudolph	United States
The Color of Lies	Au coeur du mensonge	Claude Chabrol	France
Cookie's Fortune	Robert Altman	United States
eXistenZ	David Cronenberg	Canada, United Kingdom, France
The Girl of Your Dreams	La niña de tus ojos	Fernando Trueba	Spain
Glória	Manuela Viegas	Portugal, France, Spain
The Hi-Lo Country	Stephen Frears	United States, United Kingdom, Germany
It All Starts Today	Ça commence aujourd'hui	Bertrand Tavernier	France
Journey to the Sun	Güneşe Yolculuk	Yeşim Ustaoğlu	Turkey, Netherlands, Germany
Karnaval	Thomas Vincent	France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland
Keiho	39 刑法第三十九条	Yoshimitsu Morita	Japan
Mifune's Last Song	Mifune	Søren Kragh-Jacobsen	Denmark, Sweden
Nightshapes	Nachtgestalten	Andreas Dresen	Germany
Ordinary Heroes	千言萬語	Ann Hui	Hong Kong, China
Playing by Heart	Willard Carroll	United States, United Kingdom
Set Me Free	Emporte-moi	Léa Pool	Switzerland, Canada, France
Shakespeare in Love	John Madden	United States, United Kingdom
Simon Magus	Ben Hopkins	United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy
*The Thin Red Line*	Terrence Malick	Canada, United States
Three Seasons	Ba Mùa	Tony Bui	United States, Vietnam
Urban Feel	Kesher Ir	Jonathan Sagall	Israel
War in the Highlands	La Guerre dans le Haut Pays	Francis Reusser	Switzerland, France, Belgium

Official Awards

Main Competition

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

Golden Bear: The Thin Red Line by Terrence Malick
Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Mifune by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Silver Bear for Best Director: Stephen Frears for The Hi-Lo Country
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Maria Schrader and Juliane Köhler for Aimée & Jaguar
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michael Gwisdek for Nachtgestalten
Alfred Bauer Prize: Karnaval by Thomas Vincent
Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard for Shakespeare in Love
Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: David Cronenberg for eXistenZ
Honourable Mention:
- Iben Hjejle for Mifune
- Ça commence aujourd'hui
- John Toll for The Thin Red Line

[[Honorary Golden Bear]]

Shirley MacLaine

Berlinale Camera

Armen Medvedjev
Meryl Streep
Robert Rodriguez

Independent Awards

Blue Angel Award

Journey to the Sun by Yeşim Ustaoğlu

[[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]]

It All Starts Today by Bertrand Tavernier

Teddy Awards

Best Film: Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål) by Lukas Moodysson
Best Documentary Film: The Man Who Drove with Mandela by Greta Schiller
Best Short Film: Liu Awaiting Spring by Andrew Soo
Jury Award: Aimée & Jaguar by Max Färberböck; Lola and Billy the Kid (Lola und Bilidikid) by Kutluğ Ataman; Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities by Monika Treut; Piglets (Ferkel) by Luc Feit; NYNY n Why Not by Michael Brynntrup
Reader Award: Trick by Jim Fall

References

Hils, Miriam. (24 January 1999). "Berlin buzz builds".
"49th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de.
"RETROSPECTIVE".
"Urban Feel: The Berlin Film Festival Says Goodbye to the Old West on its Way to a New Home". nitrateonline.com.
"Berlin Draws Line". nitrateonline.com.
"JURIES 1999". berlinale.de.
"PROGRAMME 1999". berlinale.de.
"PRIZES & HONOURS 1999". berlinale.de.

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