36th Venice International Film Festival

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|name = 36th Venice International Film Festival

|image = VeniceFilmFestiva36bposter.jpg

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|caption = Festival poster

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|location = Venice, Italy

|founded = 1932

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|date = 24 August – 5 September 1979

|website = [http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/ Website]

| chronology = Venice Film Festival

| preceded_by = 35th

| followed_by = 37th

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The 36th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 5 September 1979.

There was no jury because from 1969 to 1979 the festival was not competitive.{{cite web|url=https://www.venetoinside.com/events-in-veneto/great-events/venice-film-festival/|title=Venice Biennale: the Venice Film Festival-History and facts of the world's oldest Film Festival|access-date=October 7, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=498&lang=en|title=The 1970′s|access-date=October 8, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=523&lang=en|title=Juries for the 1970′s|access-date=October 7, 2013}}{{cite news|date=August 28, 1979|title=Venice Film Fete in Quest of Glamour|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/28/archives/venice-film-fete-in-quest-of-glamour.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 24, 2020|quote=Carlo Lizzani, leftist director and the festival's new president, has not so far managed to restore the “Golden Lion” awards presented at Venice until 1968}}