30th International Film Festival of India

30th International Film Festival of India
Awarded for	Best of World cinema
Presented by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented on	20 January 1999
Official website	www.iffigoa.org
Highlights
Lifetime achievement	Bernardo Bertolucci

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)

References

1. "30th IFFI, Hyderabad".
2. Menon, Amarnath K. (January 18, 1999). "30th International Film Festival of India opens with impressive line-up of films". India Today.
3. "Dev Anand will be the chief guest at IFFI'99 - The Times of India". www.cscsarchive.org.
4. Devi, Priya (January 1999). "Savitri: A Moon Among Stars" (PDF). 30th International Film Festival of India '99. Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 150. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
5. Jain, Madhu; Menon, Amarnath K. (January 25, 1999). "Nothing goes right at International Film Festival of India in Hyderabad". India Today.