36th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 24 August – 5 September 1979 |
| Website | Website |
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.[1][2][3][4]
Official Selection
The following films were selected to be screened:[5]
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 | |
| Le 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:
- Best Actor: Yevgeny Leonov for Autumn Marathon
- Best Actress: Nobuko Otowa for The Strangling
Pietro Bianchi Award
References
- ^ "Venice Biennale: the Venice Film Festival-History and facts of the world's oldest Film Festival". Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "The 1970′s". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1970′s". Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ "Venice Film Fete in Quest of Glamour". The New York Times. August 28, 1979. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
Carlo Lizzani, leftist director and the festival's new president, has not so far managed to restore the "Golden Lion" awards presented at Venice until 1968
- ^ "36. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.