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1999

Azerbaijan

– The Guild of Filmmakers is founded. [MORE] [ADD]

Chad

Jul -

Zara Majamat Yacoub’s l'Enfance confisquée, the first film to be produced by a production company based in Chad, is released. [MORE] [ADD]

– Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s Bye Bye Africa, the first feature-length film from Chad, is released. [MORE] [ADD]

Chile

28/10 -

El Chacotero sentimental: La película, Christian Galaz’s screen version of a popular radio show, is released and becomes the country’s most popular film to date.    [MORE] [ADD]

Croatia

– Director Rajko Grlic launches the Motuvun International Film Festival.  [MORE] [ADD]

India

– Subhash Ghai’s Taal becomes the first Hindi motion picture to enter the US top ten.  [MORE] [ADD]

Philippines

– Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s Jose Rizal, a biopic about the Filipino novelist, wins eleven awards at this year’s FAMAS Awards – only the second film to achieve this (after Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974)) [MORE] [ADD]

Singapore

18/6 -

Fann Wong makes her big screen debut in Tung-Shing Yee’s Zhen xin hua (The Truth About Jane and Sam). [MORE] [ADD]

– Raintree Pictures, a filmmaking subsidiary of MediaCorp Productions, is formed.  [MORE] [ADD]

South Africa

Apr -

The National Film and Video Foundation is established. [MORE] [ADD]

South Korea

– The long-lasting ban on Japanese films is finally lifted.  [MORE] [ADD]

Spain

22/1 -

The premiere of Manuel Gómez Pereira's Entre las piernas (Between Your Legs), starring Victoria Abril, Javier Bardem and Carmelo Gómez takes place. [MORE] [ADD]

Thailand

30/7 -

Nonzee Nimibutr’s Nang Nak takes 70 million baht at the box office in its first week. [MORE] [ADD]