4th (1999)

• Festival Period : October 14 - 23, 1999
• Films screened : 207 films from 53 countries
• Invited guests : 835 guests from 36 countries
• Total audiences : 180,914
• Hand Printing
  • Zhang Yimou (Director/China)
  • Hwang jung-soon (Actress/Korea)
  • Yu Hyun-Mok (Director/Korea)

Awards

• Korean Cinema Award
  • Serge Losique (Festival Director, Montreal International Film Festival/Canada)
  • LEE Young-il (Film Critic/Korea)
• New Currents Award
  • Okuhara HIROSHI(Japan)
• Woonpa Award
  • BYUN Young-Joo (Korea)
  • (HOIHA Dong-ha(Korea), LEE Jeong-soon (Korea)
• Sonje Award
  • <28th October 1979, A Sunny Sunday> KWON Jong- kwan (Korea)
• FIPRESCI Award
  • Khyentse NORBU (Bhutan)
• NETPAC Award
  • JEON Soo-il (Korea)
• PSB Award
  • Shinya TSUKAMOTO (Japan)

Accomplishments

The 4th PIFF is marked with striking programming focusing on the high-level auteur films. Films from more diverse countries were shown, with variety of programs that offered the audiences a chance to sample the current trend in world cinema. Ever the source of introducing Asian films to global film community, PIFF has become the world's finest showcase in seeing the major Asian filmworks at once.