1980 Toronto International Film Festival
{{Infobox film festival
| name = 1980 Toronto International Film Festival
| image = 1980 Toronto International Film Festival poster.jpg
| caption = Festival poster
| host = Toronto International Film Festival Group
| number =
| opening = Loving Couples by Jack Smight
| closing = Divine Madness by Michael Ritchie
| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| language = English
| date = {{Start date|1980|09|04}}–{{End date|1980|09|13}}
| website = {{URL|tiff.net}}
| previous = 1979
| next = 1981
}}
The 5th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1980. That year the festival hold a retrospective in honor of Jean-Luc Godard, who himself attended the retrospective which was organized by festival programmer Peter Harcourt.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Film_Festivals/Toronto/2009/about/|title=Taking a look back at TIFF|accessdate=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131012155556/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Film_Festivals/Toronto/2009/about/|archive-date=2013-10-12|url-status=usurped}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/fun-facts-about-tiff-1.962347|title=Fun facts about TIFF|accessdate=October 14, 2013 | work=CBC News}} A large crowd gathered outside University theatre to catch a glimpse of Bette Midler at the premiere of her film Divine Madness.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCsHKpPd2ssC&dq=Bette+Midler+at+tiff&pg=PT24|title=Bette Midler at tiff|date=7 September 2012|isbn=9781468914320|accessdate=October 14, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.torontolife.com/informer/features/2010/08/26/from-the-archives-a-look-back-on-tiff%E2%80%99s-most-memorable-moments/|title=From the Archives: a look back on TIFF's most memorable moments|accessdate=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017181040/http://www.torontolife.com/informer/features/2010/08/26/from-the-archives-a-look-back-on-tiff%E2%80%99s-most-memorable-moments/|archive-date=2013-10-17|url-status=dead}}
Awards
Programme
=Galas=
- Bad Timing by Nicolas Roeg"Where to see Art raping and Bette telling dirty jokes". The Globe and Mail, August 30, 1980.
- The Conductor by Andrzej Wajda
- Death Watch by Bertrand Tavernier
- Head On by Michael Grant
- Loving Couples by Jack Smight
- Loulou by Maurice Pialat
- Mr. Patman by John Guillermin
- Resurrection by Daniel Petrie
- Suzanne by Robin Spry
=Special Screenings=
- A Distant Cry from Spring by Yoji Yamada
- Le Fils puni by Philippe Collin
- My Sister the Negro by Dirk Jan Braat
- Oblomov by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Portrait of Teresa by Pastor Vega
- Royal Vacation by Gabriel Auer
=Critic's Choice=
- Afternoon of War by Karl Francis
- Anthracite by Édouard Niermans
- The Buck's Party by Steve Jodrell
- Dear Boys by Paul de Lussanet
- The Demise of Herman Durer by Leon de Winter
- Exterior Night by Jacques Bral
- Fernand by René Féret
- House of the Lute by Shing-Hon Lau
- In for Treatment by Erik van Zuylen and Marja Kok
- Instant Pictures by George Schouten
- Jaguar by Lino Brocka
- The Last Years of Childhood by Norbert Kückelmann
- Listen to the Lion by Henri Safran
- Order by Sohrab Shahid-Saless
- Palm Beach by Albie Thoms
- The Secret of Nikola Tesla by Krsto Papić
- Simone Barbes or Virtue by Marie-Claude Treilhou
- The Strange Case of Rachel K by Óscar Valdés
- The Willi Busch Report by Niklaus Schilling
=New Music=
- AC/DC: Let There Be Rock by Eric Dionysius and Eric Mistler
- Blue Suede Shoes by Curtis Clark
- Cha Cha by Herbert Curiel
- D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage by Lech Kowalski
- The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle by Julien Temple
- Reggae Sunsplash by Stefan Paul
- The Space Movie by Tony Palmer
=Less Is More=
- Billy in the Lowlands by Jan EglesonJay Scott, "Less is More, and festival film series proves it". The Globe and Mail, August 1, 1980.
- Clarence and Angel by Robert Gardner
- Gal Young Un by Victor Nuñez
- Good Riddance by Francis Mankiewicz
- The Handyman by Micheline Lanctôt
- Heartland by Richard Pearce
- Parallels by Mark Schoenberg
- Return of the Secaucus 7 by John Sayles
- Union City by Marcus Reichert
- The Whole Shootin' Match by Eagle Pennell
=Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective=
=Buried Treasures=
=French Cinema=
- Le Coup de sirocco by Alexandre Arcady
- Courage fuyons by Yves Robert
- L'Enfant roi by René Féret
- My Dearest by Marie-Christine Barrault
- The Rascals by Bernard Revon
- The Red Sweater by Michel Drach
=Israeli Film=
=Real to Reel=
- As If It Were Yesterday by Myriam Abramowicz and Esther Hoffenberg
- Divine Madness by Michael Ritchie
- Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers by Les Blank
- Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray
- Memories of Duke by Gary Keys
- Poto and Cabengo by Jean-Pierre Gorin
- The Murder of Pedralbes by Gonzalo Herralde
- Prostitute by Tony Garnett
- Temps morts by Claude Godard
- The Trials of Alger Hiss by John Lowenthal
=Kidstuff=
- Take Me Up to the Ball Game by Ken Stephenson
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.tiff.net Official site]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=kCsHKpPd2ssC&dq=TIFF%3A+A+Reel+History%3A+1976+-+2012&pg=PP1 TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012]
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000659/1980 1980 Toronto International Film Festival] at IMDb
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