16th Festival 1999
29 September – 4 October
Festival director: Jafar Sanei Moghaddam (CEO of Youth Cinema Society)
Venues: Cinema Felestin, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Juries of Iran competition (A): Kiumars Pourahmad – Kamal Tabrizi – Majid Majidi
Juries of Iran competition (B): Mohammad Ali Talebi – Mahvash Sheikholeslami – Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Juries of international competition: Manouchehr Asgarinasab – Angela Hurt – Kersey Kinonen – Amrit Gangar – Jan Baca
Sections:
Iran competition
International competition
Peripheral sections:
Children, teenagers and short film
Lahze Ha-ye Mandegar (Unforgettable Moments)
Goft-o-gooye Tamaddon-ha (Conversation of Civilizations)
A look at Finland’s short films
Winners of UNIKA 98-99
Reviewing the works of a filmmaker: Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Winners of International section:
1Honorary Diploma for Animation/Zenya from St. Petersburg/Katrina Lilikewist/Finland
Honorary Diploma for Documentary/El Día Que Me Quieras (The Day You’ll Love Me)/Leandro Katz/Argentina-USA
2Honorary Diploma for Fictional Film/Leave Me Alone or Leave Me Be/Didier Biulle/France
Honorary Diploma for Fictional Film/Youfak/Mahvash Sheykholeslami/Iran
3Golden Statuette, Honorary Diploma and 8 million Rials for Best Animation/Twin/Milia Ahula/Finland
4Golden Statuette, Honorary Diploma and 8 million Rials for Best Documentary/Internal55/Estav Amirfabiki/Poland
Golden Statuette, Honorary Diploma and 8 million Rials for Best Fictional Film/An Eternity/Kim Dae Hyun/South Korea
Golden Statuette, Honorary Diploma and 8 million Rials for Best Film of the Festival/I’m a Doll/Parvish Nazariye/Iran
