1974 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]

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 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)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

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 stala sie swiatlosc 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]

  • A Bigger Splash by Jack Hazan (United Kingdom)
  • De part en part by Grzegorz Królikiewicz (Poland)
  • El Espíritu de la colmena by Víctor Erice (Spain)
  • Hearts and Minds by Peter Davis (United States)
  • The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived (L’heure de la libération a sonné) by Heiny Srour (Lebanon)
  • I.F.Stone’s Weekly by Jerry Bruck Jr (United States)
  • La Paloma by Daniel Schmid (Switzerland)
  • La Tierra prometida by Miguel Littin (Chile)
  • Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektos by Thomas Koerfer (Switzerland)

Directors' Fortnight

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

  • A Noite Do Espantalho by Sergio Ricardo (Brazil)
  • A Rainha Diaba by Antonio Carlos Fontura (Brazil)
  • Au-delà des sables by Radu Gabrea (Romania)
  • Céline et Julie vont en bateau by Jacques Rivette (France)
  • Contra la Razon y por la Fuerza (doc.) by Carlos Ortiz Tejeda (Mexico)
  • La Coupe à 10 francs by Philippe Condroyer (France)
  • Les Dernières Fiançailles by Jean-Pierre Lefèbvre (Canada)
  • Erica Minor by Bertrand Van Effenterre (Switzerland)
  • La Expropriacion by Raul Ruiz (Chile)
  • The Extradition (Die Auslieferung) by Peter von Gunten (Switzerland)
  • Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin by Alexander Kluge (West Germany)
  • Hay Que Matar Al General by Enrique Urteaga (Chile)
  • Iko Shashvi Mgalobeli by Otar Iosseliani (Soviet Union)
  • Il pleut toujours où c'est mouillé by Jean-Daniel Simon (France)
  • Lars Ole, 5C by Nils Malmrös (Denmark)
  • Let Mrtve Ptice by Zivojin Pavlovic (Yugoslavia)
  • Manifest by Antonis Lepeniotis (Austria)
  • Mean Streets by Martin Scorsese (United States)
  • The Migrants by Tom Gries (United States)
  • Morel's Invention (L'invenzione di Morel) by Emidio Greco (Italy)
  • Padatik by Mrinal Sen (India)
  • Processo Per Direttisima by Lucio De Caro (Italy)
  • The Profiteer (Il Saprofita) by Sergio Nasca (Italy)
  • Sweet Movie by Dusan Makavejev (Canada, France, West Germany)
  • Uira by Gustavo Dahl (Brazil)
  • Vai Travalhar Vagabundo by Hugo Carvanna (Brazil)
  • La Vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu by Marcel Hanoun (France)
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]

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

References
  1. "Posters 1974". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
  2. "27ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. "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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