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.
Official Selection The following films were selected to be screened:
Venezia Cinema 79 English title Original title Director(s) Production country Anchieta, José do Brasil Paulo Cesar Saraceni Brazil Autumn Marathon Осенний марафон Georgi Daneliya Soviet Union Cinema Синема Liana Eliava The Days on Earth Are Flowing Zemaljski dani teku Goran Paskaljevic Yugoslavia Escape from Alcatraz Don Siegel United States La Luna Bernardo Bertolucci Italy, United States The Meadow Il prato Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy The Magician of Lublin הקוסם מלובלין Menahem Golan Israel, West Germany Mimi Un dramma borghese Florestano Vancini Italy More American Graffiti Bill L. Norton United States Ogro Gillo Pontecorvo Spain Passe montagne Jean-François Stévenin France The River النهر Faisal Al-Yassiri Iraq Saint Jack Peter Bogdanovich United States Samba the Great Samba le grand Moustapha Alassane Níger Soldiers Soldados Alfonso Ungría Spain The Strangling 絞殺 Kaneto Shindô Japan El Super Leon Ichaso, Orlando Jiménez Leal United States Le vieil Anaï Germaine Dieterlen, Jean Rouch France The Wanderers Philip Kaufman United States The Water-Carrier Is Dead السقا مات Salah Abouseif Egypt, Tunisia
Officina Veneziana English title Original title Director(s) Production country France/tour/détour/deux/enfants Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville France I giorni cantati Paolo Pietrangeli Italy Improvviso Edith Bruck Little Valentino A kis Valentinó András Jeles Hungary The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua Assia Djebbar Algeria ORG Fernando Birri Italy ¡Que viva México! Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union Ratataplan Maurizio Nichetti Italy The Wedding of Zein عرس الزين Khalid Al Siddiq Kuwait West Indies Med Hondo France
La Notte di Officina English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ammazzare il tempo Mimmo Rafele Italy From the Clouds to the Resistance Dalla nube alla resistenza Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub Hot Tomorrows Martin Brest United States Le Navire Night Marguerite Duras France Perceval le Gallois Éric Rohmer Poto and Cabengo Jean-Pierre Gorin The Space Movie Tony Palmer United Kingdom, United States Tachi and Her Fathers 达吉和她的父亲 Jiayi Wang China Womanlight Clair de femme Costa-Gavras France
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize Le passe-montagne by Jean-François Stévenin La nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua by Assia Djebar Honorable Mention: Le vieil Anaï by Jean Rouch
Pasinetti Award Best Film: Autumn Marathon by Georgiy Daneliya Saint Jack by Peter Bogdanovich Best Actor: Yevgeny Leonov for Autumn Marathon Best Actress: Nobuko Otowa for The Strangling
Pietro Bianchi Award Cesare Zavattini
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1979 Awards on IMDb