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.
 Official poster of the 27th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Georges Lacroix. | |
| Opening film | Amarcord |
|---|---|
| Closing film | S*P*Y*S |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (The Conversation) |
| No. of films | 26 (In Competition) 14 (Out of Competition) 10 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 9 May 1974 – 24 May 1974 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The festival opened with Amarcord, directed by Federico Fellini and closed with S*P*Y*S, directed by Irvin Kershner.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1974 feature film competition:
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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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):
- 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):
- 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:
- 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
- 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
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Angst essen Seele auf by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola
- 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
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1974 Festival (commentary in French)
External links
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