1977 Toronto International Film Festival![]() Festival poster |
Opening film | J.A. Martin Photographer[1] |
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Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
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Festival date | September 9, 1977 (1977-09-09)–September 18, 1977 (1977-09-18) |
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Language | English |
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Website | tiff.net |
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The 2nd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 18, 1977. Retrospective of Quebec cinema was introduced and also Greek cinema was emphasized.[2][3] J.A. Martin Photographer directed by Jean Beaudin was selected as the opening film.[1]
Chantal Akerman's film Je, tu, il, elle was pulled out of the festival by the Ontario Censor Board, over the objections of festival organizers, because of a scene featuring a kiss between two women.[4]
Programme
Gala Presentations
Max Ophüls Retrospective
Frank Capra Retrospective
Quebec Retrospective
Important historical films from Quebec, curated by Jean-Paul Bastien of the Cinémathèque québécoise.[5]
Buried Treasures
Unverified program
- Alice or the Last Escapade (Alice ou la dernière fugue) — Claude Chabrol
- The Ambassadors (Les Ambassadeurs) — Naceur Ktari
- Anatomy of a Relationship (Anatomie d'un rapport) — Luc Moullet, Antonietta Pizzorno
- Beluga Days (Le Beau plaisir) — Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault, Bernard Gosselin
- The Best Way to Walk (La meilleure façon de marcher) — Claude Miller
- Between the Lines — Joan Micklin Silver
- Born to Win — Ivan Passer
- Boudu Saved from Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) — Jean Renoir
- Burn! (Queimada) — Gillo Pontecorvo
- But What Do They Want? (Mais qu'est-ce qu'elles veulent) — Coline Serreau
- The Cars That Ate Paris — Peter Weir
- La Cecilia — Jean-Louis Comolli
- Charlie and His Two Chicks (Charlie et ses deux nénettes) — Joël Séria
- Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette) — Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- The Colors of Iris — Nikos Panayotopoulos
- Dance Squared (Danse carrée) — René Jodoin
- Diary of a Lover (Tagebuch eines Liebenden) — Sohrab Shahid-Saless
- Duel — Steven Spielberg
- Erica Minor — Bertrand Van Effenterre
- Essai à la mille — Jean-Claude Labrecque
- Eugénie de Sade — Jesús Franco
- Father (Apa) — István Szabó
- Gizmo! — Howard Smith
- The Fire Within (Le Feu follet) — Louis Malle
- The Fox and the Crow (Le Corbeau et le renard) — Pierre Hébert, Yves Leduc, Francine Desbiens, Michèle Pauzé
- The Gold of Naples (L'oro di Napoli) — Vittorio De Sica
- Happy Day — Pantelis Voulgaris
- Hell No Longer (Le mépris n'aura qu'un temps) — Arthur Lamothe
- Here Is Your Life (Här har du ditt liv) — Jan Troell
- Hollywood on Trial — David Helpern
- I Wish to Speak (Proshu slova) — Gleb Panfilov
- Images of China (Images de Chine) — Auguste François
- Iphigenia — Michael Cacoyannis
- Jean Carignan, Fiddler (Jean Carignan, violoneux) — Bernard Gosselin
- Jill Johnston October 1975-6 — Kay Armatage, Lydia Wazana
- Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff) — Yves Boisset
- Lions Love — Agnès Varda
- Mindscape (Le Paysagiste) — Jacques Drouin
- The Misfits — John Huston
- Monsieur Pointu — André Leduc, Bernard Longpré
- Mother of Many Children — Alanis Obomsawin
- The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (La Nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés) — Bob Swaim
- Nights of Cabiria — Federico Fellini
- Nine Months (Kilenc hónap) — Márta Mészáros
- Op Hop - Hop Op — Pierre Hébert
- Percé on the Rocks — Gilles Carle
- Planet Venus (Pianeta Venere) — Elda Tattoli
- La poulette grise — Norman McLaren
- Québec en silence — Gilles Gascon
- The Reason Why — Tasos Psarras
- Rhapsody in Two Languages — Gordon Sparling
- The Ride — Gerald Potterton
- Serpico — Sidney Lumet
- The Snowshoers (Les Raquetteurs) — Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. — Charles Reisner
- La Strada — Federico Fellini
- Stroszek — Werner Herzog
- The Travelling Players (O Thiasos) — Theo Angelopoulos
- Umberto D. — Vittorio De Sica
- Such a Simple Game (Un jeu si simple) — Gilles Groulx
- Waterloo — Sergei Bondarchuk
- When Joseph Returns (Ha megjön József) — Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács
- When the Poppies Bloom Again (Dokter Pulder zaait papavers) — Bert Haanstra
- Wrestling (La lutte) — Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Claude Fournier, Claude Jutra
References
- ^ a b "TIFF: A history of opening nights". CBC News. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ^ "Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ^ "TIFF History". Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Waive censors for film festival, organizers urge". The Globe and Mail, September 19, 1977.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Reflecting the society, Quebec films march to a 'political' drummer". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1977.
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