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1980 Toronto International Film Festival

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Language
  
English

Website
  
tiff.net

1980 Toronto International Film Festival

Location
  
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hosted by
  
Toronto International Film Festival Group

Festival date
  
September 4, 1980 (1980-09-04)–September 13, 1980 (1980-09-13)

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.

Contents

Gala Presentation

  • Bad Timing by Nicolas Roeg
  • Return of the Secaucus 7 by John Sayles
  • In for Treatment by Erik van Zuylen & Marja Kok
  • Lieve jongens by Paul de Lussanet
  • Portrait of Teresa by Pastor Vega
  • Heartland by Richard Pearce
  • Oblomov by Nikita Mikhalkov

    • Documentaries

  • Divine Madness by Michael Ritchie
  • Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders & Nicholas Ray

    • References

    1980 Toronto International Film Festival Wikipedia
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