1980 Toronto International Film Festival

The 5th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and September 13, 1980. That year the festival hold a retrospective in honor of Jean-Luc Godard, who himself attended the retrospective which was organized by festival programmer Peter Harcourt. A large crowd gathered outside University theatre to catch a glimpse of Bette Midler at the premiere of her film Divine Madness.

Galas

 * Bad Timing by Nicolas Roeg
 * The Conductor by Andrzej Wajda
 * Death Watch by Bertrand Tavernier
 * Head On by Michael Grant
 * Loving Couples by Jack Smight
 * Loulou by Maurice Pialat
 * Mr. Patman by John Guillermin
 * Resurrection by Daniel Petrie
 * Suzanne by Robin Spry

Special Screenings

 * A Distant Cry from Spring by Yoji Yamada
 * Le Fils puni by Philippe Collin
 * My Sister the Negro by Dirk Jan Braat
 * Oblomov by Nikita Mikhalkov
 * Portrait of Teresa by Pastor Vega
 * Royal Vacation by Gabriel Auer

Critic's Choice

 * Afternoon of War by Karl Francis
 * Anthracite by Édouard Niermans
 * The Buck's Party by Steve Jodrell
 * Dear Boys by Paul de Lussanet
 * The Demise of Herman Durer by Leon de Winter
 * Exterior Night by Jacques Bral
 * Fernand by René Féret
 * House of the Lute by Shing-Hon Lau
 * In for Treatment by Erik van Zuylen and Marja Kok
 * Instant Pictures by George Schouten
 * Jaguar by Lino Brocka
 * The Last Years of Childhood by Norbert Kückelmann
 * Listen to the Lion by Henri Safran
 * Order by Sohrab Shahid-Saless
 * Palm Beach by Albie Thoms
 * The Secret of Nikola Tesla by Krsto Papić
 * Simone Barbes or Virtue by Marie-Claude Treilhou
 * The Strange Case of Rachel K by Óscar Valdés
 * The Willi Busch Report by Niklaus Schilling

New Music

 * AC/DC: Let There Be Rock by Eric Dionysius and Eric Mistler
 * Blue Suede Shoes by Curtis Clark
 * Cha Cha by Herbert Curiel
 * D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage by Lech Kowalski
 * The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle by Julien Temple
 * Reggae Sunsplash by Stefan Paul
 * The Space Movie by Tony Palmer

Less Is More

 * Billy in the Lowlands by Jan Egleson
 * Clarence and Angel by Robert Gardner
 * Gal Young Un by Victor Nuñez
 * Good Riddance by Francis Mankiewicz
 * The Handyman by Micheline Lanctôt
 * Heartland by Richard Pearce
 * Parallels by Mark Schoenberg
 * Return of the Secaucus 7 by John Sayles
 * Union City by Marcus Reichert
 * The Whole Shootin' Match by Eagle Pennell

Buried Treasures

 * All I Desire by Douglas Sirk
 * Force of Evil by Abraham Polonsky
 * The Killing of a Chinese Bookie by John Cassavetes
 * Letter from an Unknown Woman by Max Ophüls
 * Mouchette by Robert Bresson
 * The Mouth Agape by Maurice Pialat

French Cinema

 * Le Coup de sirocco by Alexandre Arcady
 * Courage fuyons by Yves Robert
 * L'Enfant roi by René Féret
 * My Dearest by Marie-Christine Barrault
 * The Rascals by Bernard Revon
 * The Red Sweater by Michel Drach

Real to Reel

 * As If It Were Yesterday by Myriam Abramowicz and Esther Hoffenberg
 * Divine Madness by Michael Ritchie
 * Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers by Les Blank
 * Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray
 * Memories of Duke by Gary Keys
 * Poto and Cabengo by Jean-Pierre Gorin
 * The Murder of Pedralbes by Gonzalo Herralde
 * Prostitute by Tony Garnett
 * Temps morts by Claude Godard
 * The Trials of Alger Hiss by John Lowenthal

Kidstuff

 * Take Me Up to the Ball Game by Ken Stephenson