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1975 Cannes Film Festival

{{Infobox Film Festival

| name = 1975 Cannes Film Festival

| image = CFF75poster.jpg

| caption = Official poster of the 28th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painter Wojciech Siudmak.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1975/posters.html |title=Posters 1975 |work=festival-cannes.fr 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220053146/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1975/posters.html |archive-date=20 December 2013 |df=dmy}}

| host =

| number = 22 (In Competition)

| opening = A Happy Divorce

| closing = Tommy

| location = Cannes, France

| awards = Palme d'Or:
Chronicle of the Years of Fire

| date = {{Start date|1975|05|09|df=y}} – {{End date|1975|05|23|df=y}}

| founded = 1946

| website = {{URL|festival-cannes.com/en}}

| main = Cannes Film Festival

| previous = 1974

| next = 1976

}}

The 28th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 23 May 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1975.htm |title=28ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr |access-date=4 June 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1975.htm |title=1975 - Parfums de Cannes |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=4 June 2017}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1976.htm |title=1976 - Les Affranchis (Goodfellas) |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=4 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://francofolies.over-blog.es/2014/05/festival-de-cannes-les-differentes-categories-de-selections.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections |work=francofolies.over-blog.es |access-date=14 July 2017}}

The festival opened with A Happy Divorce by Henning Carlsen,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/13/archives/cannes-festival-in-subdued-mood-but-event-remains-a-world.html |title=Cannes Festival In Subdued Mood |date=May 13, 1975 |work=The New York Times |access-date=14 July 2017}}{{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=fr |access-date=14 July 2017}} and closed with Tommy by Ken Russell.{{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 |language=fr |access-date=14 July 2017}}

Juries

= Main Competition =

  • Jeanne Moreau, French actress - Jury President{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1975/juryLongFilm.html |title=Juries 1975: Long film |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1975/juryLongFilm.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy}}
  • 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:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1975/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1975: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1975/allSelections.html |archive-date=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}

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!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

colspan="2" |Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

|Martin Scorsese

|United States

colspan="2" |Aloïse

|Liliane de Kermadec

|France

The Amulet of Ogum

|O Amuleto de Ogum

|Nelson Pereira dos Santos

|Brazil

Cher Victor

|Ce cher Victor

|Robin Davis

|France

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|Chronicle of the Years of Fire

|وقائع سنين الجمر

|Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

|Algeria

Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?

|¿No oyes ladrar los perros?

|François Reichenbach

|Mexico

Electra, My Love

|Szerelmem, Elektra

|Miklós Jancsó

|Hungary

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

|Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

|Werner Herzog

|West Germany

A Happy Divorce (opening film)

|En lykkelig skilsmisse

|Henning Carlsen

|France, Denmark

colspan="2" |Lenny

|Bob Fosse

|United States

colspan="2" |Lotte in Weimar

|Egon Günther

|East Germany

colspan="2" |Man Friday

|Jack Gold

|United Kingdom, United States

colspan="2" |Mariken van Nieumeghen

|Jos Stelling

|Netherlands

Orders

|Les Ordres

|Michel Brault

|Canada

The Passenger

|Professione: Reporter

|Michelangelo Antonioni

|Italy, Spain, France

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

|田園に死す

|Shūji Terayama

|Japan

Scent of a Woman

|Profumo di donna

|Dino Risi

|Italy

Special Section

|Section spéciale

|Costa-Gavras

|France

The Story of Sin

|Dzieje grzechu

|Walerian Borowczyk

|Poland

They Fought for Their Country

|Они сражались за Родину

|Sergei Bondarchuk

|Soviet Union

A Touch of Zen

|俠女

|King Hu

|Taiwan, Hong Kong

colspan="2" |Yuppi du

|Adriano Celentano

|Italy

=Out of Competition=

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

class="wikitable"

!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

colspan="2" |A Csodalatos Mandarin

|Miklós Szinetár

| rowspan="2" |Hungary

colspan="2" |A faból faragott királyfi

|Ádám Horváth

Anna Karenina

|Анна Каренина

|Margarita Pilikhina

|Soviet Union

colspan="2" |The Day of the Locust

|John Schlesinger

|United States

colspan="2" |Galileo

|Joseph Losey

|United Kingdom

colspan="2" |Georges Braque ou le temps différent

|Frédéric Rossif

| rowspan="2" |France

colspan="2" |India Song

|Marguerite Duras

colspan="2" |Je t'aime, tu danses

|François Weyergans

|Belgium

The Magic Flute

|Trollflöjten

|Ingmar Bergman

|Sweden

colspan="2" |The Maids

|Christopher Miles

|United Kingdom

Moses and Aaron

|Moses und Aron

|Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet

|West Germany

colspan="2" |The Romantic Englishwoman

|Joseph Losey

| rowspan="2" |United Kingdom

colspan="2" |Tommy (closing film)

|Ken Russell

=Short Films Competition=

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

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Parallel sections

=International Critics' Week=

The following feature films were screened for the 14th International Critics' Week (14e Semaine de la Critique):{{cite web|url=http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1975/1975_selection.php |title= 14e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1975 |work=archives.semainedelacritique.com |access-date=19 June 2017}}

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=Directors' Fortnight=

The following films were screened for the 1975 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):{{cite web |url=http://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/1975 |title=Quinzaine 1975 |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |access-date=19 June 2017 }}

:Short films

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  • 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)

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Official Awards

File:Jeanne Moreau (1991).jpg, Jury President]]

=In Competition=

= [[Short Film Palme d'Or]] =

Independent Awards

= [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prize]] =

= ''Commission Supérieure Technique'' =

= [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] =

  • The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser by Werner Herzog{{cite web|url=http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/palmares/article/l-enigme-de-kaspar-hauser |title=Jury Œcuménique 1977 |work=cannes.juryoecumenique.org |access-date=30 June 2017}}

References

{{Reflist}}

Media

  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00163/jeanne-moreau-president-of-the-1975-jury.html 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.

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141411/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1975/inCompetition.html 1975 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
  • [http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1975/selection/in-competition-feature-films Official website Retrospective 1975]
  • [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1975 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1975] at Internet Movie Database

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