Nenad Dukic (Yugoslavia) (jury president); David Sterritt (USA); Norbert Grob (Germany); Luz Maria Virgen Aguilar (Mexico); Rashmi Doraiswamy (India); Lasse Rade (Sweden); John Harkness (II) (Canada)
Winner:
Xizao (1999) - Yang Zhang (II) - For its humour and compassion in its treatment of the tensions of family life in a rapidly changing society.