1975 Cannes Film Festival
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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.
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 |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Chronicle of the Years of Fire[2] |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 9 May 1975 – 23 May 1975 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
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
- Jeanne Moreau, French actress - Jury President[11]
- Anthony Burgess, English author
- André Delvaux, Belgian filmmaker
- Gérard Ducaux-Rupp, French producer
- George Roy Hill, American filmmaker
- Lea Massari, Italian actress
- Pierre Mazars, journalist
- Fernando Rey, Spanish actor
- Pierre Salinger, American journalist
- Yuliya Solntseva, Soviet actress and filmmaker
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Csodalatos Mandarin | Miklós Szinetár | Hungary | |
| A faból faragott királyfi | Ádám 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]
- La Corrida by Christian Broutin
- Daryu tebe zvezdu by Fyodor Khitruk
- Don't by Robin Lehman
- L'empreinte by Jacques Cardon
- Kolory życia (Les couleurs de la vie) by Piotr Szpakowicz
- Lautrec by Geoff Dunbar
- Pedestrians by Andrew Ruhl
- Revisited by Joyce Borenstein
- W.O.W. (Women of the World) by Faith Hubley
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 14th International Critics' Week (14e Semaine de la Critique):[12]
- Assassination in Davos (Konfrontation) by Rolf Lyssy (Switzerland)
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime? by Philippe Mora (United Kingdom)
- Vase de noces by Thierry Zeno (Belgium)
- Hester Street by Joan Micklin Silver (United States)
- Knots by David I. Munro (United Kingdom)
- The Musician Killer (L’Assassin musicien) by Benoît Jacquot (France)
- The Peaceful Age (L'età della pace) by Fabio Carpi (Italy)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1975 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]
- Allonsanfan by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy)
- The Battle of Chile (part 1) (La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Primera parte: La insurrección de la burguesía) by Patricio Guzman (Chile, Cuba)
- Black Angel (Der schwarze Engel) by Werner Schroeter (West Germany)
- Chac by Rolando Klein (Panama)
- Conjugal Warfare (Guerra conjugal) by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Brazil)
- Di Assimanton Aformin by Tassos Psarras (Greece)
- Fox and His Friends (Faustrecht der Freiheit) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (West Germany)
- French Provincial (Souvenirs d’en France) by André Téchiné (France)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles by Chantal Akerman (Belgium, France)
- The Last Day of School Before Christmas (L'ultimo giorno di scuola prima delle vacanze di Natale) by Gian Vittorio Baldi (Italy)
- Milestones by Robert Kramer, John Douglas (United States)
- Njangaan (The Disciple) by Mahama Johnson Traoré (Senegal)
- Les oeillets rouges d'avril by Véra Belmont (France)
- Das Rückendekollete by Jan Nemec (Switzerland)
- Schoolmaster Hofer (Hauptlehrer Hofer) by Peter Lilienthal (West Germany)
- Shazdeh Ehtedjab (Prince Ehtedjab) by Bahman Farmanara (Iran)
- Strah by Matjaz Klopcic (Yugoslavia)
- Strike! (Streik!) by Oddvar Bull Tuhus (Norway)
- Sunday Too Far Away by Ken Hannam (Australia)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper (United States)
- The Travelling Players (O Thiassos) by Theo Angelopoulos (Greece)
- The Vultures (Les vautours) by Jean-Claude Labrecque (Canada)
- Zone Interdite by Ahmed Lallem (Algeria)
- 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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In Competition
Short Film Palme d'Or
- Lautrec by Geoff Dunbar
- Special Jury Prize: Daryu tebe zvezdu by Fyodor Khitruk