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]
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | J.A. Martin Photographer[1] |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Hosted by | Toronto International Film Festival Group |
| Festival date | September 9, 1977–September 18, 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Website | tiff |
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
editGala Presentations
edit- The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) — Larisa Shepitko (Soviet Union)
- Bobby Deerfield — Sydney Pollack (United States)
- The Innocent (L'Innocente) — Luchino Visconti (Italy)
- J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) — Jean Beaudin (Canada)
- Jacob the Liar (Jakob der Lügner) — Frank Beyer (Germany)
- Joseph Andrews — Tony Richardson (United Kingdom)
- One Man — Robin Spry (Canada)
- One Sings, the Other Doesn't (L'une chante, l'autre pas) — Agnès Varda (France)
- Outrageous! — Richard Benner (Canada)
- Solemn Communion (La Communion solemnelle) — René Féret (France)
Max Ophüls Retrospective
edit- Caught
- The Earrings of Madame de...
- The Exile
- Letter from an Unknown Woman
- Liebelei
- Lola Montès
- Le Plaisir
- The Reckless Moment
- La Ronde
Frank Capra Retrospective
edit- The Bitter Tea of General Yen
- It Happened One Night
- It's a Wonderful Life
- The Miracle Woman
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Quebec Retrospective
editImportant historical films from Quebec, curated by Jean-Paul Bastien of the Cinémathèque québécoise.[5]
- 15 novembre — Michel Brault
- À tout prendre — Claude Jutra
- Bar Salon — André Forcier
- The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac) — Gilles Groulx
- Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça) — Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- The Last Betrothal (Les derniers fiançailles) — Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas) — Jean-Guy Noël
- Manouane River Lumberjacks (Bûcherons de la Manouane) — Arthur Lamothe
- Ordinary Tenderness (Tendresse ordinaire) — Jacques Leduc
- Pour la suite du monde — Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Pierre Perrault
- The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl (Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce) — Gilles Carle
- Réjeanne Padovani — Denys Arcand
- The River Schooners (Les Voitures d'eau) — Pierre Perrault
- The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie Nature de Bernadette) — Gilles Carle
- The Vultures (Les Vautours) — Jean-Claude Labrecque
- Whispering City (La Forteresse) — Fedor Ozep
Buried Treasures
editUnverified program
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.