1974 Cannes Film Festival

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.

The festival opened with Amarcord by Federico Fellini, and closed with S*P*Y*S by Irvin Kershner.

Juries

Main Competition

• René Clair, French filmmaker - Jury President
• 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:

Out of Competition

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

Short Films Competition

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

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 13th International Critics' Week (13e Semaine de la Critique):

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1974 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

Short films

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

• The Jury President and the winners of the 1974 Grand Prix

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (In competition)
• 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 Fassbinder
  • Special Mention: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola

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