20th Yokohama Film Festival

20th Yokohama Film Festival
Location	Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Founded	1980
Festival date	7 February 1999

The 20th Yokohama Film Festival (第20回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 7 February 1999 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1]

Awards

Best Film: Cure^[2]
Best Actor:
- Claude Maki – Orokamono: Kizu Darake no Tenshi
- Kiichi Nakai – Love Letter, Begging for Love
Best Actress: Mieko Harada – Begging for Love
Best Supporting Actor: Ren Osugi – Cure, Hana-bi, Give It All, Orokamono: Kizu Darake no Tenshi, Inu Hashiru
Best Supporting Actress: Yumi Yoshiyuki – Murder on D Street, Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru
Best Director:
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Cure
- Itsumichi Isomura – Give It All
Best New Director: Hideaki Anno – Love & Pop
Best Screenplay: Ryoichi Kimizuka – Bayside Shakedown: The Movie
Best Cinematography: Yuichi Nagata – Give It All
Best New Talent:
- Rena Tanaka – Give It All
- Kumiko Asō – Dr. Akagi
- Asumi Miwa – Love & Pop
Special Jury Prize:
- Yoichi Maeda – For focusing on entertainment rather than "serious" movies.
- Odoru Daisosasen production team

runner-up. Love Letter

runner-up. Kiriko no Fūkei

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