The 4th Shanghai International Film Festival was held between October 22 and October 31, 1999. Like the previous year, the Film Festival was divided into four activities:
- Golden Cup International Film Competition
 - International Film Panorama
 - International Film and TV Market
 - Retrospectives with Seminar
 
338 films were entered.
The Turkish film Propaganda was named the winner of the Golden Goblet.
Jury
- Wu Yigong, director (China)
 - Paolo Virzì, director (Italy)
 - Yasuo Furuhata, director (Japan)
 - Carole Bouquet, actress (France)
 - Park Kwang-su, director (South Korea)
 - Stanislav Rostotsky, director (Russia)
 - Zheng Dongtian, director (China)
 
In competition
| Title | Director | Country | 
|---|---|---|
| Art Museum by the Zoo | Lee Jeong-Hyang | South Korea | 
| Back to Life | Pascal Baeumler | France | 
| Beastie Girl | Johannes Frabrick | Austria | 
| Dancing Soul | Lucia Rikaki | Greece | 
| Genghis Khan | Fu Sai, Mai Lisi  | People's Republic of China | 
| Icespeed | Hu Xueyang | People's Republic of China | 
| Laugh, So That The Photo Will Be Beautiful | Sherif Arafa | Egypt | 
| The Lunatics' Ball | Michael Thorp | New Zealand | 
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Michael Hoffman | United States of America | 
| The New Voyage | Yoji Yamada | Japan | 
| The Prompter | Hidle Heier | Norway | 
| Propaganda | Sinan Çetin | Turkey | 
| Rhapsody of Spring | Teng Wenji | People's Republic of China | 
| The Trunk | João Batista de Andrade | Brazil | 
| Under the Sun | Colin Nutley | Sweden | 
| The Wedding Cow | Tomi Streiff | Germany | 
| With Fire and Sword | Jerzy Hoffman | Poland | 
| A Woman of the North | Frans Weisz | France/Italy | 
| Women...and Women | Saad Chraibi | Morocco | 
Awards
Golden Goblet
- Best Film- Propaganda (Turkey)
- Silver Cup for Best Film- The Prompter (Norway)
 
 - Best Director- Yoji Yamada (for The New Voyage) (Japan)
 - Best Actor- Ahmad Zaki for Laugh, So the Photo Will Be Beautiful (Egypt)
 - Best Actress- Ai Liya for Genghis Khan (China)
 - Best Music- Beastie Girl (Austria)
 - Best Technology- A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA)
 
Special Jury Award
- The Lunatics' Ball (director, Michael Thorp) (New Zealand)
 
External links
- Archives of the Shanghai International Film Festival
 - 4th SIFF at the Internet Movie Database
 
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