36th Venice International Film Festival
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 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]
Venezia Cinema 79
The following films were selected to be screened:[5]
| 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 |