1974 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 27th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Georges Lacroix.[1] | |
| Opening film | Amarcord |
|---|---|
| Closing film | S*P*Y*S |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Grand Prix: The Conversation |
| No. of films | 26 (In Competition)[2] |
| Festival date | 9 May 1974 – 24 May 1974 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 27th Cannes Film Festivaltook place from 9 to 24 May 1974. French filmmaker René Clair served as jury president for the main competition.
The Grand Prix, then the fetival's main prize, was awarded to American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola for the drama film The Conversation.[3][4]
The festival opened with Amarcord by Federico Fellini,[5][6] and closed with S*P*Y*S by Irvin Kershner.[7]
Juries
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- René Clair, French filmmaker - Jury President[8]
- 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
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[2]
- 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
Out of Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
- 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
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
- 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
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]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
[edit]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)
Official Awards
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola[3]
- 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
[edit]- Grand Prix International du Festival: Ostrov by Fyodor Khitruk
- Jury Prize: Hunger by Peter Foldes
- The Jury President and the winners of the 1974 Grand Prix
-
René Clair (left), Jury President -
Francis Ford Coppola, Grand Prix International du Festival winner -
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Grand Prix Spécial du Jury winner
Independent Awards
[edit]- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (In competition)[11]
- Lancelot du Lac by Robert Bresson (Out of competition)
Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinder[12]
- Special Mention: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1974". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1974: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ a b "27ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "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
[edit]- INA: Opening of the 1974 Festival (commentary in French)