The 30th International Film Festival of India was held from 10–20 January 1999 in Hyderabad, India. The non-competitive edition was restricted to lifetime achievement awards, and tributes. Argentina was the country of focus in the festival, whilst Bollywood actor Dev Anand was the chief guest.
Winners Lifetime Achievement Award - Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)
Opening Film Elizabeth by Shekhar Kapur
Woman in Cinema Honors Bhanumathi Ramakrishna - Holding Sway for 60 years Shabana Azmi - The Icon and the Actress Savitri - A Moon Among Stars
Honors Homage - Akira Kurosawa (Japan) Centenary Tribute - Sergei Eisenstein (Russia)
Tributes Theo Angelopoulos (Greece) Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwan) Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács (Hungary)
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