11th Moscow International Film Festival
Location | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Founded | 1959 |
Awards | Grand Prix |
Festival date | 14 – 28 August 1979 |
Website | http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru |
The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979.[1] The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film Christ Stopped at Eboli directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film Siete días de enero directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Polish film Camera Buff directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Jury[]
- Stanislav Rostotsky (USSR - President of the Jury)
- (USSR)
- Otakar Vávra (Czechoslovakia)
- Giuseppe De Santis (Italy)
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Poland)
- Raj Kapoor (India)
- Christian-Jaque (France)
- Tom Luddy (USA)
- Margarita Lopez Portillo (Mexico)
- Kurt Maetzig (East Germany)
- Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (USSR)
- (Senegal)
- (Bulgaria)
- Konstantin Stepankov (USSR)
- (Vietnam)
Films in competition[]
The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
---|---|---|---|
Anton the Magician | Anton der Zauberer | Günter Reisch | East Germany |
The Barrier | Barierata | Christo Christov | Bulgaria |
Road Without End | Bangladesh | ||
Ija ominira | Ola Balogun | Nigeria | |
The Being | Ghana | ||
Takeoff | Vzlyot | Savva Kulish | Soviet Union |
The Children of Sanchez | The Children of Sanchez | Hall Bartlett | United States |
Tomorrow Never Comes | Tomorrow Never Comes | Peter Collinson | United Kingdom |
In My Life | Honning Måne | Bille August | Denmark |
Fish Hawk | Fish Hawk | Donald Shebib | Canada |
Dawn! | Dawn! | Ken Hannam | Australia |
The Canal | Kanal | Erden Kıral | Turkey |
Camera Buff | Amator | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
The Fortress | Az erőd | Miklós Szinetár | Hungary |
The Moment | Clipa | Gheorghe Vitanidis | Romania |
Mireille and the Others | Mireille dans la vie des autres | Jean-Marie Buchet | Belgium |
The Young Man and Moby Dick | Mladý muž a bílá velryba | Jaromil Jireš | Czechoslovakia |
Moment | Tren | Stole Janković | Yugoslavia |
Nahla | Nahla | Algeria | |
Sky Became Clear | Mongolia | ||
Parashuram | Parashuram | Mrinal Sen | India |
Travelling Companion | Compañero de viaje | Clemente de la Cerda | Venezuela, Spain |
The Tailor from Ulm | Der Schneider von Ulm | Edgar Reitz | West Germany |
Portrait of Teresa | Retrato de Teresa | Pastor Vega | Cuba |
Poet and Muse | Runoilija ja muusa | Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Finland |
Damn for Those Who Cries | Iran | ||
Broken Flag | Bandera rota | Gabriel Retes | Mexico |
Seven Days in January | Siete días de enero | Juan Antonio Bardem | Spain, France |
Habibati ya hab al-tout | Syria | ||
The Dogs | Les Chiens | Alain Jessua | France |
Al-asuar | Iraq | ||
The Walls of Freedom | Frihetens murar | Marianne Ahrne | Sweden |
Only Ahead | Vietnam | ||
Christ Stopped at Eboli | Cristo si e fermato an Eboli | Francesco Rosi | Italy, France |
Awards[]
- Golden Prizes:
- Honorable Golden Prize: ¡Que viva México! by Sergei Eisenstein
- Silver Prizes:
- Prizes:
- Best Actor: Ulrich Thein for Anton the Magician
- Best Actor: Bata Živojinović for Moment
- Best Actress: for Nahla
- Best Actress: Daisy Granados for Portrait of Teresa
- Special Diploma: by
- Prix FIPRESCI: Camera Buff by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Honorable Prizes (for the contribution to the cinema):
References[]
- ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
External links[]
- Moscow International Film Festival: 1979 at Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Moscow International Film Festival
- 1979 film festivals
- 1979 in the Soviet Union
- 1979 in Moscow
- August 1979 events in Europe