# 1980 Toronto International Film Festival

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. A large crowd gathered outside University theatre to catch a glimpse of Bette Midler at the premiere of her film Divine Madness.

## Awards

| Award | Film | Director |
| People's Choice Award | Bad Timing | Nicolas Roeg |

## Programme
### Galas

* Bad Timing by Nicolas Roeg
* 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 Egleson
* 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

### Buried Treasures

* All I Desire by Douglas Sirk
* Force of Evil by Abraham Polonsky
* The Killing of a Chinese Bookie by John Cassavetes
* Letter from an Unknown Woman by Max Ophüls
* Mouchette by Robert Bresson
* The Mouth Agape by Maurice Pialat

### 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

### 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