30th International Film Festival of India explained

Number:	30
Award:	International Film Festival of India
Awarded For:	Best of World cinema
Presenting Org:	Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented Date:	20 January 1999
Last:	29th
Next:	31st

The 30th International Film Festival of India was held from 10–20 January 1999 in Hyderabad, India.^[1] The non-competitive edition was restricted to lifetime achievement awards, and tributes.^[2] Argentina was the country of focus in the festival, whilst Bollywood actor Dev Anand was the chief guest.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Winners

• Lifetime Achievement Award - Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)

Opening Film

• Elizabeth by Shekhar Kapur

Woman in Cinema Honors

• Bhanumathi Ramakrishna - Holding Sway for 60 years
• Shabana Azmi - The Icon and the Actress
• Savitri - A Moon Among Stars

Honors

• Homage - Akira Kurosawa (Japan)
• Centenary Tribute - Sergei Eisenstein (Russia)

Tributes

• Theo Angelopoulos (Greece)
• Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwan)
• Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács (Hungary)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 30th IFFI, Hyderabad.
2. Web site: 30th International Film Festival of India opens with impressive line-up of films. Amarnath K. . Menon. January 18, 1999. India Today.
3. Web site: Dev Anand will be the chief guest at IFFI'99 - The Times of India. www.cscsarchive.org.
4. News: Devi. Priya. January 1999. Savitri: A Moon Among Stars. 30th International Film Festival of India '99. Directorate of Film Festivals. 23 March 2018. 150. https://web.archive.org/web/20130130012630/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=30IIFA.pdf. 30 January 2013.
5. Web site: Nothing goes right at International Film Festival of India in Hyderabad. Madhu. Jain. Amarnath K.. Menon. January 25, 1999. India Today.