11th Moscow International Film Festival

The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. 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)
 * Vladimir Baskakov (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)
 * Tabata Ndiaye (Senegal)
 * Emil Petrov (Bulgaria)
 * Konstantin Stepankov (USSR)
 * Tran Vu (Vietnam)

Films in competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:

Awards

 * Golden Prizes:
 * Christ Stopped at Eboli by Francesco Rosi
 * Siete días de enero by Juan Antonio Bardem
 * Camera Buff by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * Honorable Golden Prize: ¡Que viva México! by Sergei Eisenstein
 * Silver Prizes:
 * The Barrier by Christo Christov
 * Parashuram by Mrinal Sen
 * Takeoff by Savva Kulish
 * Prizes:
 * Best Actor: Ulrich Thein for Anton the Magician
 * Best Actor: Bata Živojinović for Moment
 * Best Actress: Yasmine Khlat for Nahla
 * Best Actress: Daisy Granados for Portrait of Teresa
 * Special Diploma: Only Ahead by Long Van
 * Prix FIPRESCI: Camera Buff by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * Honorable Prizes (for the contribution to the cinema):
 * Antonin Brousil
 * Luis Buñuel
 * King Vidor
 * Cesare Zavattini
 * Zoltán Fábri
 * Jerzy Kawalerowicz
 * René Clair
 * Akira Kurosawa
 * Satyajit Ray
 * Ousmane Sembène
 * Andrew Thorndike
 * Annelie Thorndike