 Official poster of the 28th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painterWojciech Siudmak.[1] | |
| Opening film | A Happy Divorce |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Tommy |
| Location | Cannes,France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Chronicle of the Years of Fire[2] |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 9 May 1975 (1975-05-09) – 23 May 1975 (1975-05-23) |
| Website | festival-cannes |
| Cannes Film Festival | |
The28thCannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 23 May 1975.[4] French actressJeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition.
Algerian filmmakerMohammed Lakhdar-Hamina won thePalme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama filmChronicle of the Years of Fire.[5]
In 1975, a new non-competitive section,Les Yeux fertiles, was introduced. This section was later integrated into theUn Certain Regard section in 1978.[6][7]
The festival opened withA Happy Divorce byHenning Carlsen,[8][9] and closed withTommy byKen Russell.[10]
The following feature films competed for thePalme d'Or:[3]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Csodalatos Mandarin | Miklós Szinetár | Hungary | |
| A faból faragott királyfi | Ádám Horváth | ||
| Anna Karenina | Анна Каренина | Margarita Pilikhina | Soviet Union |
| The Day of the Locust | John Schlesinger | United States | |
| Galileo | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| Georges Braque ou le temps différent | Frédéric Rossif | France | |
| India Song | Marguerite Duras | ||
| Je t'aime, tu danses | François Weyergans | Belgium | |
| The Magic Flute | Trollflöjten | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| The Maids | Christopher Miles | United Kingdom | |
| Moses and Aaron | Moses und Aron | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | West Germany |
| The Romantic Englishwoman | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| Tommy(closing film) | Ken Russell | ||
The following short films competed for theShort Film Palme d'Or:[3]
The following feature films were screened for the 14thInternational Critics' Week (14e Semaine de la Critique):[12]
The following films were screened for the 1975Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]
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