1979 Toronto International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| Festival date | September 6, 1979–September 15, 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff |
The 4th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 6 and September 15, 1979. Due to overcrowding in the prior year, the Gala presentations were moved from the 700-seat Towne Cinema to the 1,600-seat Elgin Theatre.[1] The People's Choice Award was awarded to Best Boy by Ira Wohl, which later won Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Awards
| Award[2][3] | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| People's Choice Award | Best Boy | Ira Wohl |
Programme
This year The American Nightmare retrospective on American horror films was organized by Canadian critic Robin Wood and Richard Lippe.[4] Brian De Palma and George A. Romero attended the retrospective as guests.[5][6] Also this year Industry programme trade forum was started by festival, which continued till 1991.[4] The festival featured a special programme of films from Sweden, with Jörn Donner, the head of the Swedish Film Institute, and nine Swedish filmmakers attending.[1]
Gala Presentations
- ...And Justice for All. by Norman Jewison[1]
- Black Jack by Ken Loach[7]
- Fish Hawk by Donald Shebib[7]
- The Heritage by Anders Refn[7]
- Legend of the Mountain by King Hu[7]
- Linus and the Mysterious Red Brick House by Vilgot Sjöman[7]
- Magicians of the Silver Screen by Jiří Menzel[7]
- The Magician of Lublin by Menahem Golan[7]
- A Man, a Woman, and a Bank by Noel Black[1]
- The Marriage of Maria Braun by Rainer Werner Fassbinder[7]
- The Onion Field by Harold Becker[1]
- Orchestra Rehearsal by Federico Fellini[7]
- Quadrophenia by Franc Roddam[7]
- Something Short of Paradise by David Helpern[1]
- The Tempest by Derek Jarman[8]
- Time After Time by Nicholas Meyer[1]
- Us Two by Claude Lelouch[1]
Critics Choice
- 50/50 by Uwe Brandner[7]
- Bastien, Bastienne by Michel Andrieu[7]
- Drugstore Romance by Paul Vecchiali[7]
- Germany in Autumn by Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert and Bernhard Sinkel[7]
- Knife in the Head by Reinhard Hauff[7]
- Northern Lights by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson[7]
- To an Unknown God by Jaime Chávarri[7]
- To Be Sixteen by Jean Pierre Lefebvre[7]
New Directions
- America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story by John Edwards[7]
- Arthur Miller on Home Ground by Harry Rasky[7]
- Blue Winter by André Blanchard[7]
- Christopher Petit[7]
- The Sailor's Return by Jack Gold[7]
- Scum by Alan Clarke[7]
- Summer's Children by Julius Kohanyi[7]
- Title Shot by Les Rose[7]
Documentaries
- Best Boy by Ira Wohl[9]
- Chiefs by Richard Leacock[7]
- Chronicle of a Summer by Jean Rouch[7]
- The Drugstore by Joris Ivens[7]
- The Football Incident by Joris Ivens[7]
- The Handmaidens of God by Diane Létourneau[7]
- Juvenile Court by Frederick Wiseman[7]
- Juvenile Liaison by Nick Broomfield[7]
- La La, Making It in L.A. by Frank Mouris and Caroline Mouris[7]
- David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin[7]
- Solzhenitsyn's Children Are Making a Lot of Noise in Paris by Michael Rubbo[7]
- This Will Do for Today by Martin Lavut[7]
Special Screenings
- Dinner for Adele by Oldřich Lipský[7]
- Let's Talk About Love by Jean-Claude Lord[7]
- Molière by Ariane Mnouchkine[7]
- Stone Cold Dead by George Mendeluk[7]
- Tierra y libertad by Maurice Bulbulian[7]
Buried Treasures
- The Confessions of Amans by Gregory Nava[7]
- Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! by Russ Meyer[7]
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle by Peter Yates[7]
- The Green Wall by Armando Robles Godoy[7]
- Night Moves by Arthur Penn[7]
- Ruby by Dick Bartlett[7]
- The Scenic Route by Mark Rappaport[7]
- The Super Inframan by Hua Shan[7]
- Who's That Knocking at My Door by Martin Scorsese[7]
Swedish Cinema
- The Man on the Roof by Bo Widerberg[7]
- Men Can't Be Raped by Jörn Donner[7]
- Near and Far Away by Marianne Ahrne[7]
- One and One by Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist and Ingrid Thulin[7]
- A Respectable Life by Stefan Jarl[7]
- The Score by Christer Dahl[7]
- Sven Klang's Combo by Stellan Olsson[7]
- A Walk in the Sun by Hans Dahlberg[7]
- The Walls of Freedom by Marianne Ahrne[7]
German Cinema
- Bye-Bye Bavaria! by Herbert Achternbusch[7]
- The Expulsion from Paradise by Niklaus Schilling[7]
- The Main Actor by Reinhard Hauff[7]
- Moritz, Dear Moritz by Hark Bohm[7]
- On the Move by Adolf Winkelmann[7]
Luce Guilbeault
A tribute program to Canadian actress and filmmaker Luce Guilbeault, featuring both films in which she performed and films she directed.
- Denyse Benoît, comedienne by Luce Guilbeault[7]
- D'abord ménagères by Luce Guilbeault[7]
- Passages by Nesya Shapiro Blue[7]
- Réjeanne Padovani by Denys Arcand[7]
- Some American Feminists by Luce Guilbeault[7]
Marguerite Duras
Films directed by Marguerite Duras.
- Destroy, She Said[7]
- India Song[7]
- The Lorry[7]
- La Musica[7]
- Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Adilman, Sid (September 12, 1979). "Strong Opening For Toronto Festival". Variety. p. 7.
- ^ "TIFF Awards" Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. tiff.net, October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award Should Set Pattern for Public Deciding Best Film at Film Festivals". Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ a b "TIFF History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "A brief history of TIFF". Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ^ "Taking a look back at TIFF". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
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- ^ "1979 Toronto International Film Festival". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos". CBC News. Retrieved October 14, 2013.