1979 Toronto International Film Festival

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1979 Toronto International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted byToronto International Film Festival Group
Festival dateSeptember 6, 1979 (1979-09-06)–September 15, 1979 (1979-09-15)
LanguageEnglish
Website tiff.net

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.

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Awards

Award [2] [3] FilmDirector
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

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.

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