36th Venice International Film Festival

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.

Official Selection

The following films were selected to be screened:

Venezia Cinema 79

Officina Veneziana

La Notte di Officina

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

• Le passe-montagne by Jean-François Stévenin
• La nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua by Assia Djebar
• Honorable Mention: Le vieil Anaï by Jean Rouch

Pasinetti Award

• Best Film:
• Autumn Marathon by Georgiy Daneliya
• Saint Jack by Peter Bogdanovich
• Best Actor: Yevgeny Leonov for Autumn Marathon
• Best Actress: Nobuko Otowa for The Strangling

Pietro Bianchi Award

• Cesare Zavattini

References

External links

• Venice Film Festival 1979 Awards on IMDb