56th Venice International Film Festival

The 56th Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 - 11 September, 1999.

Jury

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

Films in competition

• A domani by Gianni Zanasi
• Appassionate by Tonino De Bernardi
• Bad ma ra khahad bord by Abbas Kiarostami
• The Cider House Rules by Lasse Hallström
• Crazy in Alabama by Antonio Banderas
• Gojitmal by Jang Sun-woo
• Guo nian hui jia by Zhang Yuan
• Holy Smoke! by Jane Campion
• Jesus' Son by Alison Maclean
• Mal by Alberto Seixas Santos
• Nordrand by Barbara Albert
• Pas de scandale by Benoît Jacquot
• Rien à faire by Marion Vernoux
• Topsy-Turvy by Mike Leigh
• Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny by Jerzy Stuhr
• Une liaison pornographique by Frédéric Fonteyne
• The Venice Project by Robert Dornhelm
• Le vent de la nuit by Philippe Garrel
• Yi ge dou bu neng shao by Zhang Yimou

External links

• Venice Film Festival:1999 at Internet Movie Database