1975 Cannes Film Festival
 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 |
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.
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
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- 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
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
Out of Competition
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Palme d'Or: Chronicle of the Years of Fire by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina[2]
- Grand Prix: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser by Werner Herzog
- Best Director:
- Best Actress: Valerie Perrine for Lenny
- Best Actor: Vittorio Gassman for Scent of a Woman
- Lautrec by Geoff Dunbar
- Special Jury Prize: Daryu tebe zvezdu by Fyodor Khitruk
Independent Awards
[edit]Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1975". festival-cannes.fr 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1975: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1975: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "28ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "1975 - Parfums de Cannes". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "1976 - Les Affranchis (Goodfellas)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections". francofolies.over-blog.es. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Festival In Subdued Mood". The New York Times. May 13, 1975. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "The copening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1975: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "14e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1975". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1975". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1975". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1977". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
Media
[edit]- INA: Jeanne Moreau, president of the 1975 jury (interview in French) Jean Moreau states in the interview that more important than even the Main Selection have become the events of the Parallel Section (Directors' Fortnight, International Critics' Week, and Marché du Film) which make possible the existence of the Festival.