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Ghent International Film Festival

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    Grand Prix

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      Winner

      Himalaya

      7.4 (5.9K)
      Eric Valli
    • [object Object]

      Agnes Browne

      6.5 (2.3K)
      Anjelica Huston
    • [object Object]

      Drowning on Dry Land

      5.1 (247)
      Carl Colpaert
    • [object Object]

      The Five Senses

      6.7 (3.2K)
      Jeremy Podeswa
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      Show Me Love

      7.5 (57K)
      Lukas Moodysson
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      Battle Cries

      7.3 (463)
      Sólveig Anspach
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      Journey to the Sun

      7.0 (1.9K)
      Yesim Ustaoglu
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      Judy Berlin

      6.9 (1.1K)
      Eric Mendelsohn
    • [object Object]

      Miss Julie

      6.1 (1.7K)
      Mike Figgis
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      Ratcatcher

      7.5 (13K)
      Lynne Ramsay
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      Bunch of Five

      5.9 (776)
      Erik Poppe
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      Tuvalu

      7.3 (2.9K)
      Veit Helmer
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      Wege in die Nacht

      6.9 (251)
      Andreas Kleinert

    Best Film

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      Shores of Twilight

      6.8 (75)
      Efthymis Hatzis(director)
      Greek Film Centre (GFC)
      Cinergon Productions

    Best Director

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      Winner

      Battle Cries

      7.3 (463)
      Sólveig Anspach

    Georges Delerue Prize

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      Winner

      Ratcatcher

      7.5 (13K)
      Rachel Portman

    Special Mention

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      Winner

      Battle Cries

      7.3 (463)
      For the acting ensemble.
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      Winner

      Himalaya

      7.4 (5.9K)
      Bruno Coulais
      For the excellence of the music.

    Best Belgian Short Film

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    • Winner

      Musique de tables

      6.3 (8)
      Thierry De Mey

    Best Flemish Short Film

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    • Winner

      Gabriel

      6.1 (76)
      Renaat Coppens

    SACD Script Award

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      Winner

      Ketchup

      6.5 (19)

    Joseph Plateau Honorary Award

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    • Stanley Donen
      Winner
      • Stanley Donen
    • Sandra Bullock
      Winner
      • Sandra Bullock
    • Irwin Winkler
      Winner
      • Irwin Winkler
    • Peter Greenaway
      Winner
      • Peter Greenaway
    • Bonnie Arnold
      Winner
      • Bonnie Arnold

    Audience Award

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      Winner

      Himalaya

      7.4 (5.9K)
      Bruno Coulais

    Student Jury Award

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      Winner

      Show Me Love

      7.5 (57K)
      Lukas Moodysson

    FIPRESCI Prize

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      Winner

      Tuvalu

      7.3 (2.9K)
      Veit Helmer
      For its harmonic view on a diversity of cultures, for the quality of its photography and for the burlesque humour with which it talks about the actual evolution of Europe.

    Also known as

    • Flanders International Film Festival
    • Internationaal Filmfestival van Vlaanderen-Ghent
    • Internationaal Filmgebeuren

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    Academy Awards, USABAFTA AwardsBerlin International Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalCritics Choice AwardsDirectors Guild of America, USAFilm Independent Spirit AwardsGolden Globes, USAGrammy AwardsMumbai Film FestivalPGA AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalWriters Guild of America, USA

    Event date

    October 5, 1999 - October 16, 1999

    Event location

    Ghent, Belgium

    Event links

    • http://www.filmfestival.be/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/

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