1979 Toronto International Film Festival Explained
1979 Toronto International Film Festival |
Host: | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
Location: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Language: | English |
Date: | – |
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. The People's Choice Award was awarded to Best Boy by Ira Wohl, which later won Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Programme
This year The American Nightmare retrospective on American horror films was organized by Canadian critic Robin Wood and Richard Lippe.[3] Brian De Palma and George A. Romero attended the retrospective as guests.[4] [5] Also this year Industry programme trade forum was started by festival, which continued till 1991. 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.
Gala Presentations
Critics Choice
- 50/50 by Uwe Brandner[6]
- Bastien, Bastienne by Michel Andrieu[6]
- Drugstore Romance by Paul Vecchiali[6]
- 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[6]
- Knife in the Head by Reinhard Hauff[6]
- Northern Lights by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson[6]
- To an Unknown God by Jaime Chávarri[6]
- To Be Sixteen by Jean Pierre Lefebvre[6]
New Directions
Documentaries
Special Screenings
Buried Treasures
Swedish Cinema
German Cinema
Luce Guilbeault
A tribute program to Canadian actress and filmmaker Luce Guilbeault, featuring both films in which she performed and films she directed.
Marguerite Duras
Films directed by Marguerite Duras.
External links
Notes and References
- http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "TIFF Awards"
- Web site: Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award Should Set Pattern for Public Deciding Best Film at Film Festivals. October 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729052710/http://voices.yahoo.com/toronto-film-festival-peoples-choice-award-should-11606670.html. 2014-07-29. dead.
- Web site: TIFF History. October 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015055839/http://tiff.net/about/tiffhistory. 2013-10-15. dead.
- Web site: A brief history of TIFF. October 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014145209/http://thetfs.ca/2012/09/04/a-brief-history-of-tiff/. October 14, 2013. dead.
- Web site: Taking a look back at TIFF. October 14, 2013. https://archive.today/20131012155556/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Film_Festivals/Toronto/2009/about/. 2013-10-12. usurped.
- [Jay Scott]
- Web site: 1979 Toronto International Film Festival. October 13, 2013. October 6, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091524/http://www.indiepixfilms.com/festival/4/1979. dead.
- Variety. September 12, 1979. 7. Strong Opening For Toronto Festival. Adilman. Sid.
- News: TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos. October 14, 2013 . CBC News.