21st Moscow International Film Festival
The 21st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1999. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Japanese film Will to Live directed by Kaneto Shindo.
Jury
- Fernando Solanas
- Florestano Vancini
- Adam Greenberg
- Shahla Nahid
- Tolomush Okeyev
- Valery Todorovsky
- Antonio Giménez-Rico
- Katia Tchenko
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Production country |
| The Kite | Saranggola | Gil Portes | Philippines |
| Outlaw | Ormai è fatta! | Enzo Monteleone | Italy |
| Guinevere | Guinevere | Audrey Wells | United States |
| Dirty Linen | Panni sporchi | Mario Monicelli | Italy |
| The Dilettante | La Dilettante | Pascal Thomas | France |
| Will to Live | Ikitai | Kaneto Shindo | Japan |
| Ambush | Rakujarven | Olli Saarela | Finland |
| Black Out p.s. Red Out | Black Out p.s. Red Out | Menelaos Karamaghiolis | Greece, France, Portugal |
| The Building | Chung cu | Việt Linh | Vietnam |
| Traveller | O Viajante | Paulo César Saraceni | Brazil |
| A Sweet Scent of Death | Un dulce olor a muerte | Gabriel Retes | Mexico, Spain, Argentina |
| Strastnoy Boulevard | Strastnoy bulvar | Vladimir Khotinenko | Russia |
| Passion | Passion | Peter Duncan | Australia, United States |
| The Dance | Dansinn | Ágúst Guðmundsson | Iceland |
| Fara | Fara | Abai Karpykov | Russia, Kazakhstan |
| A Time for Defiance | La hora de los valientes | Antonio Mercero | Spain |
| 6:3 avagy, Játszd újra Tutti | Péter Tímár | Hungary |
Awards
- Golden St. George: Will to Live by Kaneto Shindo
- Special Silver St. George: A Time for Defiance by Antonio Mercero
- Silver St. George:
- * Best Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson for The Dance
- * Best Actor: Farkhad Abdraimov for Fara
- * Best Actor: Catherine Frot for The Dilettante
- Prix FIPRESCI: Will to Live by Kaneto Shindo
- Special Mention:
- * Traveller by Paulo César Saraceni
- * Strastnoy Boulevard by Vladimir Khotinenko
- Honorable Prize: For the contribution to cinema: Marco Bellocchio