1974 Cannes Film Festival

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1974 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 27th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Georges Lacroix. [1]
Opening film Amarcord
Closing film S*P*Y*S
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Grand Prix du Festival
International du Film
( The Conversation ) [2]
No. of films26 (In Competition) [3]
14 (Out of Competition)
10 (Short Film)
Festival date9 May 1974 (1974-05-09) – 24 May 1974 (1974-05-24)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 27th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 24 May 1974. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola. [2] [4]

Contents

The festival opened with Amarcord , directed by Federico Fellini [5] [6] and closed with S*P*Y*S , directed by Irvin Kershner. [7]

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1974 feature film competition: [8]

Feature films

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival: [3]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3]

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]

  • Akvarium by Zdenka Doitcheva
  • Another Saturday Night by Steven B. Poster, Mik Derks
  • Carnet trouvé chez les fourmis by Georges Senechal
  • Hunger by Peter Foldes
  • I stała się światłość by Jerzy Kalina
  • Jocselekedetek by Béla Vajda
  • Leonarduv denik by Jan Švankmajer
  • O sidarta by Michel Jakar
  • Ostrov (Island) by Fyodor Khitruk

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 13th International Critics' Week (13e Semaine de la Critique): [9]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1974 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [10]

Short films
  • L'Agression by Frank Cassenti (France)
  • Au nom de Jésus by José Rodrigues Dos Santos, Gérard Loubeau (Ivory Coast)
  • Brainwash by Ronald Bijlsma (Netherlands)
  • Film sur Hans Bellmeer by Catherine Binet (France)
  • Liberté-Jean by Jean-Michel Carré (France)
  • Une puce sur un no man's land by Marie-France Molle (France)
  • Stillborn by Ladd Mc Portlan] (United States)
  • Winda by Jerzy Kucia (Poland)

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1974 Official selection awards: [2]

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI [11]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1974". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "27ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1974: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "1974 - Toute une époque (A whole era)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Great Cannes Openers". empireonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "The copening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Juries 1974: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "13e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1974". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Quinzaine 1974". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1974". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1977". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1974". imdb.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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