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"TIFF Awards" . tiff.net, October 14, 2013. Film Director People's Choice Award Bad Timing Nicolas Roeg
Programme
Galas Bad Timing by Nicolas Roeg"Where to see Art raping and Bette telling dirty jokes". The Globe and Mail, August 30, 1980. 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 EglesonJay Scott, "Less is More, and festival film series proves it". The Globe and Mail, August 1, 1980. 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