- Jury
- Official selection In competition - Feature film Films out of competition Short film competition
- Parallel sections International Critics' Week Directors' Fortnight
- Awards Official awards Independent awards
- References
- Media
- External links
{{Infobox Film Festival
| name = 1974 Cannes Film Festival
| image = CFF74poster.jpg
| caption = Official poster of the 27th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Georges Lacroix.[1]
| host =
| number = 26 (In Competition)[2]
14 (Out of Competition)
10 (Short Film)
| opening = Amarcord
| closing = S*P*Y*S
| location = Cannes, France
| awards = Grand Prix du Festival
International du Film
(The Conversation)[3]
| date = {{Start date|1974|05|09|df=y}} – {{End date|1974|05|24|df=y}}
| founded = 1946
| website = {{URL|festival-cannes.com/en}}
}}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][3] The festival opened with Amarcord, directed by Federico Fellini[4][5] and closed with S*P*Y*S, directed by Irvin Kershner.[6] Jury The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1974 feature film competition:[7] Feature films- René Clair (France) Jury President
- Jean-Loup Dabadie (France)
- Kenne Fant (Sweden)
- Félix Labisse (France)
- Irwin Shaw (USA)
- Michel Soutter (Switzerland)
- Monica Vitti (Italy)
- Alexander Walker (UK)
- Rostislav Yurenev (Soviet Union)
Official selectionIn competition - Feature filmThe following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[8] {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle Mille e una notte) by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- The Bear Cage (La cage aux ours) by Marian Handwerker
- Cats' Play (Macskajáték) by Károly Makk
- The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola
- Daughters, Daughters (Abu el-Banat) by Moshé Mizrahi
- Garam Hawa by M. S. Sathyu
- Himiko by Masahiro Shinoda
- The Holy Office (El santo oficio) by Arturo Ripstein
- Hopelessly Lost (Sovsem propashchiy) by Georgi Daneliya
- The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived (Saat el Fahrir Dakkat, Barra ya Isti Mar) by Heiny Srour
- The Last Detail by Hal Ashby
- The Last Word (Poslednata duma) by Binka Zhelyazkova
- Mahler by Ken Russell
- Milarepa by Liliana Cavani
- The Nickel Ride by Robert Mulligan
- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat by Robert Taylor
- Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'est) by André Brassard
- The Others (Les autres) by Hugo Santiago
- La prima Angélica by Carlos Saura
- Somewhere Beyond Love (Delitto d'amore) by Luigi Comencini
- Stavisky by Alain Resnais
- The Sugarland Express by Steven Spielberg
- Symptoms by José Ramón Larraz
- Thieves Like Us by Robert Altman
- Violins at the Ball (Les violons du bal) by Michel Drach
{{div col end}}Films out of competitionThe following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[8] {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- 1789 by Ariane Mnouchkine
- Amarcord by Federico Fellini
- And Now My Love (Toute une vie) by Claude Lelouch
- Birds Do It, Bees Do It by Nicolas Noxon, Irwin Rosten
- Entr'acte by René Clair
- The Homecoming by Peter Hall
- The Grand Maneuver (Les Grandes Manoeuvres) by René Clair
- Henry Miller, Poète Maudit by Michèle Arnault
- Lancelot du Lac by Robert Bresson
- Once by Mort Heilig
- Parade by Jacques Tati
- Picasso, L'Homme et Son Oeuvre by Edward Quinn
- SPYS by Irvin Kershner
- Le Trio Infernal by Francis Girod
{{div col end}}Short film competitionThe following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[8] {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- 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
{{div col end}}Parallel sectionsInternational Critics' WeekThe following feature films were screened for the 13th International Critics' Week (13e Semaine de la Critique):[9] {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- A Bigger Splash by Jack Hazan (Great Britain)
- 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 (La Mort du directeur du cirque de puces) by Thomas Koerfer (Switzerland)
{{div col end}}Directors' FortnightThe following films were screened for the 1974 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10] {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- 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 (Germany)
- Hay Que Matar Al General by Enrique Urteaga (Chile)
- Iko Shashvi Mgalobeli by Otar Iosseliani (USSR)
- 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 - 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)
{{div col end}}Short films {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}- 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)
{{div col end}} Awards Official awardsThe following films and people received the 1974 Official selection awards:[2] - Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Il fiore delle Mille e una notte by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Best Screenplay: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Steven Spielberg for The Sugarland Express
- Best Actress: Marie-José Nat for Les violons du bal
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson for The Last Detail & Charles Boyer for Stavisky
Short films- Grand Prix International du Festival: Ostrov by Fyodor Khitruk
- Jury Prize: Hunger by Peter Foldes
Independent awardsFIPRESCI[11]- FIPRESCI Prize:
- Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (In competition)
- Lancelot du Lac by Robert Bresson (declined) (Out of competition)
Commission Supérieure Technique- Technical Grand Prize: Mahler by Ken Russell
Ecumenical Jury[12]- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Angst essen Seele auf by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola[13]
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/posters.html |title=Posters 1974 |work=festival-cannes.fr |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214232204/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/posters.html |archivedate=14 December 2014 |df=dmy}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1974.htm |title=27ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=French |accessdate=4 June 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1974.htm |title=1974 - Toute une époque (A whole era) |work=cannes-fest.com |language=French |accessdate=4 June 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/2.asp |title=Great Cannes Openers |work=empireonline.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214153650/http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/2.asp |archivedate=14 December 2013 |df=dmy}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vodkaster.com/listes-de-films/cannes-les-films-d-ouverture/937413 |title=The copening films at Cannes |work=vodkaster.com |language=French |accessdate=25 May 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vodkaster.com/listes-de-films/les-films-de-cloture-du-festival-de-cannes/959023 |title=The closing films at Cannes |work=vodkaster.com |accessdate=25 May 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/juryLongFilm.html |title=Juries 1974: Long film |work=festival-cannes.fr |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/juryLongFilm.html |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy}}
8. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1974: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/allSelections.html |archivedate=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1974/1974_selection.php |title= 13e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1974 |work=archives.semainedelacritique.com |accessdate=19 June 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/1974/ |title=Quinzaine 1974 |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |accessdate=19 June 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/1974 |title=FIPRESCI Awards 1974 |work=fipresci.org |accessdate=30 June 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/palmares/article/tous-les-autres-s-appellent-ali |title=Jury Œcuménique 1977 |work=cannes.juryoecumenique.org |accessdate=30 June 2017}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1974 |title=Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1974 |work=imdb.com |accessdate=30 June 2017}}
Media- INA: Opening of the 1974 Festival (commentary in French)
External links - [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141411/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1974/inCompetition.html 1974 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1974
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1974 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1974] at Internet Movie Database
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