1975 Cannes Film Festival

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1975 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 28th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painter Wojciech Siudmak. [1]
Opening film A Happy Divorce
Closing film Tommy
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
Chronicle of the Years of Fire [2]
No. of films22 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date9 May 1975 (1975-05-09) – 23 May 1975 (1975-05-23)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 28th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 23 May 1975. [4] French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition.

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Algerian filmmaker Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Chronicle of the Years of Fire . [5]

In 1975, a new non-competitive section, Les Yeux fertiles, was introduced. This section was later integrated into the Un Certain Regard section in 1978. [6] [7]

The festival opened with A Happy Divorce by Henning Carlsen, [8] [9] and closed with Tommy by Ken Russell. [10]

Juries

Main Competition

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or : [3]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Martin Scorsese United States
Aloïse Liliane de Kermadec France
The Amulet of Ogum O Amuleto de Ogum Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazil
Cher Victor Ce cher Victor Robin Davis France
Chronicle of the Years of Fire وقائع سنين الجمر Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Algeria
Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? ¿No oyes ladrar los perros? François Reichenbach Mexico
Electra, My Love Szerelmem, Elektra Miklós Jancsó Hungary
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle Werner Herzog West Germany
A Happy Divorce (opening film)En lykkelig skilsmisse Henning Carlsen France, Denmark
Lenny Bob Fosse United States
Lotte in Weimar Egon Günther East Germany
Man Friday Jack Gold United Kingdom, United States
Mariken van Nieumeghen Jos Stelling Netherlands
Orders Les Ordres Michel Brault Canada
The Passenger Professione: Reporter Michelangelo Antonioni Italy, Spain, France
Pastoral: To Die in the Country 田園に死す Shūji Terayama Japan
Scent of a Woman Profumo di donna Dino Risi Italy
Special Section Section spéciale Costa-Gavras France
The Story of Sin Dzieje grzechu Walerian Borowczyk Poland
They Fought for Their Country Они сражались за Родину Sergei Bondarchuk Soviet Union
A Touch of Zen 俠女 King Hu Taiwan, Hong Kong
Yuppi du Adriano Celentano Italy

Out of Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
A Csodalatos Mandarin Miklós Szinetár Hungary
A faból faragott királyfiÁdám Horváth
Anna Karenina Анна Каренина Margarita Pilikhina Soviet Union
The Day of the Locust John Schlesinger United States
Galileo Joseph Losey United Kingdom
Georges Braque ou le temps différent Frédéric Rossif France
India Song Marguerite Duras
Je t'aime, tu danses François Weyergans Belgium
The Magic Flute Trollflöjten Ingmar Bergman Sweden
The Maids Christopher Miles United Kingdom
Moses and Aaron Moses und Aron Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet West Germany
The Romantic Englishwoman Joseph Losey United Kingdom
Tommy (closing film) Ken Russell

Short Films Competition

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

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 14th International Critics' Week (14e Semaine de la Critique): [12]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1975 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [13]

Short films
  • 16+- (Chofuku-Ki) by Shuji Terayama (Japan)
  • 350 by Philippe Pilard (France)
  • Echos d'Alger 1955 by Frank Cassenti (France)
  • L'Economie des sentiments by Daniel Jouanisson (France)
  • Manosolfa by Sandra Coelho de Souza (Brazil)
  • Monopolis by Claude Dubrana, J.P. Zirn (France)
  • Tadii by Nooradin Zarrin Kelk (Iran)

Official Awards

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Jeanne Moreau, Jury President

In Competition

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1975". festival-cannes.fr 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1975: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1975: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "28ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "1975 - Parfums de Cannes". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "1976 - Les Affranchis (Goodfellas)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections". francofolies.over-blog.es. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cannes Festival In Subdued Mood". The New York Times . May 13, 1975. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "The copening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Juries 1975: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "14e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1975". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Quinzaine 1975". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1975". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1977". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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