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

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

  1. http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "TIFF Awards"
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: TIFF History. October 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015055839/http://tiff.net/about/tiffhistory. 2013-10-15. dead.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. [Jay Scott]
  7. 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.
  8. Variety. September 12, 1979. 7. Strong Opening For Toronto Festival. Adilman. Sid.
  9. News: TIFF People's Choice prize heralds film industry kudos. October 14, 2013 . CBC News.