The 26th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1978 was held on 10 June 1979 at Kalaivanar Arangam in Madras.
The president of this year's function was the Major General S. P. Mahadevan, general officer commanding (GOC), Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The chief guest of the evening was Tamil Nadu Minister for Information and Hindu Endowments Thiru R. M. Veerappan.