The 4th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film was held in from Feb. 4-8 in 1999 at a boarding house called "Birch Grove" two kilometres from the town of Tarusa, Russia.
Animated works from the past three years from the Russian Federation were accepted.
Coming the year after the 1998 Russian financial crisis, there were fewer films than usual.
Also, any member or guest of the festival was able to vote for their favourite film.
Each member of the audience was asked to list their top 5 five films of the festival.