1976 Toronto International Film Festival

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1976 Toronto International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Opening film Cousin Cousine [1]
Closing film Queen of the Gypsies [2]
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
No. of films127 feature films
Festival dateOctober 18, 1976 (1976-10-18)–October 24, 1976 (1976-10-24) [2]
LanguageEnglish
Website tiff.net

The 1st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place at Windsor Arms Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada between October 18 and October 24, 1976. [2] Initially its name was Festival of Festivals, which remained until 1994 after which it became the Toronto International Film Festival. [3] [4]

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It showcased 127 feature films from 30 different countries with the audience of 35,000. It featured some of the best films from film festivals around the world. [5] [6] [7] [8] Most of the Hollywood studios later withdrew their submissions citing reason that Toronto audiences would be too parochial for their films. [9]

Cousin Cousine , a French film directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella was selected as the opening film and screened at Ontario Place Cinesphere [1] [10] [11] [12] and Queen of the Gypsies was the closing film. [2] German cinema was focused upon, with films from German directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog. [6]

Producer Dino De Laurentiis, screened a 90-second preview of his then-unreleased King Kong at the festival. [13]

Programme

Gala Presentation

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Cousin Cousine Jean-Charles Tacchella France
Illustrious Corpses Cadaveri eccellenti Francesco Rosi Italy, France
Death Race 2000 Paul Bartel United States
Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven Табор уходит в небо Emil Loteanu Soviet Union
Lumière Jeanne Moreau France, Italy
Dersu Uzala Akira Kurosawa Soviet Union, Japan
Adoption Örökbefogadás Márta Mészáros Hungary
Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany
The Devil's Playground Fred Schepisi Australia
Bernice Bobs Her Hair Joan Micklin Silver United States
The Best Way to Walk La meilleure façon de marcher Claude Miller France
Kings of the Road Im Lauf der Zeit Wim Wenders West Germany
Heart of Glass Herz aus Glas Werner Herzog West Germany
Wellspring of My WorldHerfra min verden gårChristian Braad ThomsenDenmark
WivesHustruer Anja Breien Norway
Cantata de Chile Humberto Solás Cuba
Submission Scandalo Salvatore Samperi Italy
Harvest: 3,000 Years ምርት ሦስት ሺህ ዓመት Haile Gerima Ethiopia
Independence Day Bobby Roth United States

Canadian Cinema

The Canadian Cinema program had been slated to include Don Owen's film Partners , but it was pulled from the festival at the last minute after a dispute with the Ontario Censor Board about a brief sex scene in the film. [14]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Absence L'Absence Brigitte Sauriol Canada
Before the Time Comes Le temps de l'avant Anne Claire Poirier Canada
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Nicolas Gessner France, Canada
Love at First Sight Rex Bromfield Canada
A Pacemaker and a Sidecar L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette André Forcier Canada
The Supreme Kid Peter BryantCanada

Documentaries

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch Deepa Mehta Canada
Grey Gardens Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie MeyerUnited States
Harlan County, USA Barbara Kopple United States
Hollywood on Trial David HelpernUnited States
Not a Pretty Picture Martha Coolidge United States

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