1980

Taylor Hackford’s first feature film, Idolmaker, opens the Festival. John Houseman, Gloria Swanson, Neil Simon, William Friedkin, and film editor Verna Fields are honored. Program highlights include a special selection of new films from Scandinavia; Polish film Camera Buff, the first feature from director Krysztof Kieslowski; and German filmmaker Percy Adlon’s debut, Celeste.