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

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

Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective

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

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

External links
 Official site
 TIFF: A Reel History: 1976 - 2012
1980 Toronto International Film Festival at IMDb

1980
1980 film festivals
1980 in Toronto
1980 in Canadian cinema
September 1980 events in Canada