| 56th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Opening: | Eyes Wide Shut |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Date: | 1 – 11 September 1999 |
| Website: | Website |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 55th |
| Followed By: | 57th |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
The 56th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 1999.
Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut was the festival's opening film. Yugoslavian filmmaker Emir Kusturica was the Jury President for the main competition.
The Golden Lion was awarded to Not One Less directed by Zhang Yimou.[1] [2]
The following people comprised the 1999 jury:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appassionate | data-sort-value="De Bernardi" | Tonino De Bernardi | Italy | |||
| The Cider House Rules | data-sort-value="Hallstrom" | United States | ||||
| Crazy in Alabama | data-sort-value="Banderas" | |||||
| Empty Days | Rien à faire | data-sort-value="Vernoux" | France | |||
| Holy Smoke! | data-sort-value="Campion" | Australia | ||||
| Jesus' Son | data-sort-value="Maclean" | Canada, United States | ||||
| Lies | 거짓말 | data-sort-value="Sun-woo" | South Korea | |||
| Mal | data-sort-value="Santos" | Portugal | ||||
| Night Wind | data-sort-value="Vent" | Le vent de la nuit | data-sort-value="Garrel" | France, Italy, Switzerland | ||
| No Scandal | French: Pas de scandale | data-sort-value="Jacquot" | France | |||
| Northern Skirts | Nordrand | data-sort-value="Albert" | Austria, Germany, Switzerland | |||
| Not One Less | 一個都不能少 | data-sort-value="Yimou" | Zhang Yimou | China | ||
| data-sort-value="Pornographic" | A Pornographic Affair | data-sort-value="Liaison" | Une liaison pornographique | data-sort-value="Fonteyne" | Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg | |
| Seventeen Years | 過年回家 | data-sort-value="Yuan" | China | |||
| Topsy-Turvy | data-sort-value="Leigh" | United Kingdom | ||||
| Until Tomorrow | Italian: A domani | data-sort-value="Zanasi" | Italy | |||
| The Venice Project | data-sort-value="Dornhelm" | United States, Austria | ||||
| data-sort-value="Week" | A Week in the Life of a Man | Polish: Tydzień z życia mężczyzny | data-sort-value="Stuhr" | Poland | ||
| data-sort-value="Wind" | The Wind Will Carry Us | باد ما را خواهد برد | data-sort-value="Kiarostami" | Iran, France | ||
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Texas Funeral | United States | |||
| Franck Spadone | Richard Bean | France | ||
| Getting to Know You | Lisanne Skyler | United States | ||
| Shadows in the Dark | Karvaan | India, France | ||
| Crane World | Mundo grúa | Argentina | ||
| This Is the Garden | Questo è il giardino | Italy | ||
| Millennium Traveler | 千年旅人 | Japan | ||
The Wind Will Carry Us by Abbas Kiarostami
Nathalie Baye for Une liaison pornographique
Nina Proll for Nordrand