1977 Category A (General Interest and Documentary)
Nightlife
Director: Robin Lehman
Producer: Opus Film
USA

Category B (Animated Cartoon)
The Street
Director: Caroline Leaf
Producer: National Film Board of Canada
Canada

Category D (Short Fiction)
The Morning Spider
Director: Julian Chagrin
Producer: Mark O'Connor
Great Britain

1977 Highlights

• Festival is opened by Mr Sheamus Smith, Managing Director of National Film Studios of Ireland in the presence of The President of Ireland, Dr P. J. Hillary
• Opening Gala: (France/Ireland)Taxi Mauve, directed by Yves Boisset
• Closing Gala: (USA) Island in the Stream, directed by Franklin Schaffner