1974 Cannes Film Festival

none 1974 Cannes Film Festival CFF74poster.jpg Official poster of the 27th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Georges Lacroix.http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/posters.html Posters 1974 festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141214232204/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/posters.html 14 December 2014 dmy 26 (In Competition) Amarcord S*P*Y*S Cannes, France Grand Prix:The Conversation 1974 05 09 y – 1974 05 24 y 1946 festival-cannes.com/en Cannes Film Festival 1973 1975 The 27th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 24 May 1974. French filmmaker René Clair served as jury president for the main competition. The Grand Prix, then the festival's main prize, was awarded to American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola for the drama film The Conversation.http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1974.htm 27ème Festival International du Film - Cannes cinema-francais.fr fr 4 June 2017http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1974.htm 1974 - Toute une époque (A whole era) cannes-fest.com fr 4 June 2017 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230553/http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1974.htm dead The festival opened with Amarcord by Federico Fellini,http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/2.asp Great Cannes Openers empireonline.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131214153650/http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/2.asp 14 December 2013 dmyhttp://www.vodkaster.com/listes-de-films/cannes-les-films-d-ouverture/937413 The copening films at Cannes vodkaster.com fr 25 May 2017 5 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190905134533/https://www.vodkaster.com/listes-de-films/cannes-les-films-d-ouverture/937413 dead and closed with S*P*Y*S by Irvin Kershner.http://www.vodkaster.com/listes-de-films/les-films-de-cloture-du-festival-de-cannes/959023 The closing films at Cannes vodkaster.com 25 May 2017 5 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190905121804/https://www.vodkaster.com/listes-de-films/les-films-de-cloture-du-festival-de-cannes/959023 dead Juries Main Competition René Clair, French filmmaker - Jury Presidenthttp://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/juryLongFilm.html Juries 1974: Long film festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/juryLongFilm.html 4 March 2016 dmy Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist Kenne Fant, Swedish actor Félix Labisse, French painter Irwin Shaw, American writer Michel Soutter, Swiss filmmaker Monica Vitti, Italian actress Alexander Walker, British film critic and author Rostislav Yurenev, Soviet film critic Official Selection In Competition The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/allSelections.html Official Selection 1974: All the Selection festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1974/allSelections.html 26 December 2013 dmy English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAli: Fear Eats the SoulAngst essen Seele aufRainer Werner FassbinderWest GermanyArabian NightsIl fiore delle Mille e una nottePier Paolo PasoliniItaly, FranceThe Bear CageLa cage aux oursMarian HandwerkerBelgiumCats' PlayMacskajátékKároly MakkHungaryThe ConversationFrancis Ford CoppolaUnited StatesCousin AngelicaLa prima AngélicaCarlos SauraSpainDaughters, Daughtersאבו אל בנאתMoshé MizrahiIsraelGarm HavaM. S. SathyuIndiaHimiko卑弥呼Masahiro ShinodaJapanThe Holy OfficeEl santo oficioArturo RipsteinMexicoHopelessly LostСовсем пропащийGeorgiy DaneliyaSoviet UnionThe Hour of Liberation Has Arrivedساعة التحرير دقتHeiny SrourFrance, Lebanon, United KingdomThe Last DetailHal AshbyUnited StatesThe Last WordПоследната думаBinka ZhelyazkovaBulgariaMahlerKen RussellUnited KingdomMilarepaLiliana CavaniItalyThe Nickel RideRobert MulliganUnited StatesThe Nine Lives of Fritz the CatRobert TaylorOnce Upon a Time in the EastIl était une fois dans l'estAndré BrassardCanadaThe OthersLes autresHugo SantiagoFranceSomewhere Beyond LoveDelitto d'amoreLuigi ComenciniItalyStaviskyAlain ResnaisFrance, ItalyThe Sugarland ExpressSteven SpielbergUnited StatesSymptomsJosé Ramón LarrazUnited KingdomThieves Like UsRobert AltmanUnited StatesViolins at the BallLes violons du balMichel DrachFrance Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: 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 S*P*Y*S by Irvin Kershner Le Trio Infernal by Francis Girod Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: 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 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):http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1974/1974_selection.php 13e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1974 archives.semainedelacritique.com 19 June 2017 30em 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 (1974 film) fr La Paloma (film, 1974) La Paloma by Daniel Schmid (Switzerland) The Promised Land 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):https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/1974 Quinzaine 1974 quinzaine-realisateurs.com 19 June 2017 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) 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! (Operación Alfa) 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 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) Official Awards Main Competition Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Arabian Nights by Pier Paolo Pasolini Best Screenplay: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Steven Spielberg for The Sugarland Express Best Actress: Marie-José Nat for Violins at the Ball Best Actor: Jack Nicholson for The Last Detail Jury Prize: La prima Angélica by Carlos Saura Short Films Competition Grand Prix International du Festival: Ostrov by Fyodor Khitruk Jury Prize: Hunger by Peter Foldes Independent Awards FIPRESCI Prize Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (In competition)http://www.fipresci.org/awards/1974 FIPRESCI Awards 1974 fipresci.org 30 June 2017 Lancelot du Lac by Robert Bresson (Out of competition) Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize: Mahler by Ken Russell Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinderhttp://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/palmares/article/tous-les-autres-s-appellent-ali Jury Œcuménique 1977 cannes.juryoecumenique.org 30 June 2017 Special Mention: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppolahttps://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1974 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1974 imdb.com 30 June 2017 References Media INA: Opening of the 1974 Festival (commentary in French) External links 1974 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1974 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1974 at Internet Movie Database Cannes Film Festival, 1974 Cannes Film Festival, 1974 Category:Cannes Film Festival by year