1974 Cannes Film Festival

1974 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 27th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Georges Lacroix.[1]
Opening filmAmarcord
Closing filmS*P*Y*S
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsGrand Prix:
The Conversation
No. of films26 (In Competition)[2]
Festival date9 May 1974 (1974-05-09) – 24 May 1974 (1974-05-24)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 27th Cannes Film Festivaltook place from 9 to 24 May 1974. French filmmaker René Clair served as jury president for the main competition.

The Grand Prix, then the fetival's main prize, was awarded to American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola for the drama film The Conversation.[3][4]

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

Juries

Main Competition

Official Selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[2]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Angst essen Seele auf Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany
Arabian Nights Il fiore delle Mille e una notte Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy, France
The Bear Cage La cage aux ours Marian Handwerker Belgium
Cats' Play Macskajáték Károly Makk Hungary
The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola United States
Cousin Angelica La prima Angélica Carlos Saura Spain
Daughters, Daughters Abu el-Banat Moshé Mizrahi Israel
Garm Hava M. S. Sathyu India
Himiko 卑弥呼 Masahiro Shinoda Japan
The Holy Office El santo oficio Arturo Ripstein Mexico
Hopelessly Lost Совсем пропащий Georgiy Daneliya Soviet Union
The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived ساعة التحرير دقت Heiny Srour France, Lebanon, United Kingdom
The Last Detail Hal Ashby United States
The Last Word Последната дума Binka Zhelyazkova Bulgaria
Mahler Ken Russell United Kingdom
Milarepa Liliana Cavani Italy
The Nickel Ride Robert Mulligan United States
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat Robert Taylor
Once Upon a Time in the East Il était une fois dans l'est André Brassard Canada
The Others Les autres Hugo Santiago France
Somewhere Beyond Love Delitto d'amore Luigi Comencini Italy
Stavisky Alain Resnais France, Italy
The Sugarland Express Steven Spielberg United States
Symptoms José Ramón Larraz United Kingdom
Thieves Like Us Robert Altman United States
Violins at the Ball Les violons du bal Michel Drach France

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]

  • 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)

Official Awards

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

  • The Jury President and the winners of the 1974 Grand Prix
  • René Clair (left), Jury President
    René Clair (left), Jury President
  • Francis Ford Coppola, Grand Prix International du Festival winner
    Francis Ford Coppola, Grand Prix International du Festival winner
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini, Grand Prix Spécial du Jury winner
    Pier Paolo Pasolini, Grand Prix Spécial du Jury winner

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1974". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1974: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b "27ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  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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