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]
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
- 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 selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[3]
- Ali: 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
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- 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
- S*P*Y*S by Irvin Kershner
- Le Trio Infernal by Francis Girod
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 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]
- A Bigger Splash by Jack Hazan (United Kingdom)
- Na wylot by Grzegorz Królikiewicz (Poland)
- The Spirit of the Beehive (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 Littín (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)
- Celine and Julie Go Boating (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)
- Erica Minor by Bertrand Van Effenterre (Switzerland)
- The Expropriation (La expropiación) by Raúl 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)
- Il pleut toujours où c'est mouillé by Jean-Daniel Simon (France)
- Lars Ole, 5C by Nils Malmros (Denmark)
- The Last Betrothal (Les Dernières Fiançailles) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
- Let Mrtve Ptice by Živojin Pavlović (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)
- Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird (Iko shashvi mgalobeli) by Otar Iosseliani (Soviet Union)
- Padatik by Mrinal Sen (India)
- Processo Per Direttisima by Lucio De Caro (Italy)
- The Profiteer (Il Saprofita) by Sergio Nasca (Italy)
- Sweet Movie by Dušan 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]
- 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
Short films
- Grand Prix International du Festival: Ostrov by Fyodor Khitruk
- Jury Prize: Hunger by Peter Foldes
Independent awards
FIPRESCI[11]
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- Ali: 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
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]
- The Jury President and the winners of the 1974 Grand Prix
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René Clair (left), Jury President -
Francis Ford Coppola, Grand Prix International du Festival winner -
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Grand Prix Spécial du Jury winner
References
- ^ "Posters 1974". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "27ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1974: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "1974 - Toute une époque (A whole era)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Great Cannes Openers". empireonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ "The copening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1974: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "13e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1974". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1974". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1974". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1977". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1974". imdb.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1974 Festival (commentary in French)