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The '''1999 Garetolian Film Festival''' was the first showing of [[Garetolian Film Festival|the event]], held from 19 December 1999 to 25 December 1999. Like every other event of the type, it featured 13 films. The prize for Best Comedy was awarded to ''[[Da Makeing of Gramr]]'', the prize for Best Action was awarded to ''[[He's Mine]]'', the prize for Best Horror was awarded to ''[[The Mailman]]'', and the coveted Best Film award was given to ''He's Mine''.
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{{Infobox film or theatre festival
| name              = 1999 Garetolian Film Festival
| logo              =
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| image_size        = 250px
| caption          = Official poster for the Festival
| awards            = '''Best Comedy''' – ''[[Da Makeing of Gramr]]''<br>'''Best Action''' – ''[[He's Mine]]''<br>'''Best Horror''' – ''[[The Mailman]]''<br>'''Best Film''' – ''He's Mine''<br>
| location          = Ule'eka Royal Auditorium, [[Ule'eka]]
| date              = 19 – 25 December 1999
| preceded_by      =
| followed_by      = [[2000 Garetolia Film Festival]]
| host              = [[Pole'rema Kala]]
| chronology        = [[Garetolia Film Festival]]
}}
 
== Official selection ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-bottom:2px"
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! style="width: 15%;" | Title
! style="width: 75%;" | Synopsis
! style="width: 10%;" | Awards
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| ''[[True Moon]]''
| A {{wp|Drama_(film_and_television)|romantic drama}} that follows the story of a young couple that in love with each other; the film ends with the couple sitting under a full moon, known colloquially in Garetolia as a "true moon".
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| ''[[Alignment (film)|Alignment]]''
| A political {{wp|comedy film|comedy}} regarding the political disagreements between two lifelong friends who are revealed to align with opposite sides of the political spectrum.
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| ''[[I Want to Leave]]''
| An avant-garde {{wp|comedy-drama}} film following a shy college student that repeatedly attempts to leave a party in order to study. The film is notable for being seemingly shot in one take.
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| ''[[Da Makeing of Gramr]]''
| A historical comedy following the story of the creators of the English language and what rules they decide to set for grammar. Criticized heavily due to its historically inaccurate nature.
| Best Comedy
|-
| ''[[The Collapse]]''
| A historical {{wp|docudrama}} about the {{wp|Collapse of the German Empire}} during {{wp|World War I}}.
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| ''[[The Mailman]]''
| A {{wp|horror film}} about a mailman that must deliver a package addressed to a house that's widely known by the townfolk for being abandoned. While there, the mailman enounters some strange paranormal activities.
| Best Horror
|-
| ''[[Blast!]]''
| A drama film that shows the events leading up to a naval battle. The term "Blast!" can be used as a substitute for an expletive, but is also used in the Garetolian armed forces to alert an incoming artillery strike, giving the film's title a {{wp|double meaning}}.
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| ''[[Jack is Back]]''
| A comedy-drama about a man who returns to college to finish the last three months of his education, only seven years after he dropped out.
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| ''[[1978]]''
| A historical drama regarding the [[independence of Garetolia]].
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| ''[[Hudson]]''
| A historical drama following the tale of Captain James Hudson, an officer in the Garetolian Navy during {{wp|World War II}}.
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| ''[[Poled]]''
| A comedy-drama about a struggling, low-income woman whose last resort in order to make money is to become a stripper.
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| ''[[He's Mine]]''
| An {[wp|action film|action}}-drama about a woman tasked to seduce 10 men in one week; however, she falls for one of the men and abandons her task in order to live with him.
| Best Action <br> Best Film
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| ''[[The Game of Chance]]''
| A comedy film about a former CEO that get to the brink of being bankrupt from playing roulette.
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|-}

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