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.

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)

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

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 (1974 film) 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)

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1974 Official selection awards: Short films
 * 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
 * Jury Prize : La prima Angélica by Carlos Saura
 * Grand Prix International du Festival: Ostrov by Fyodor Khitruk
 * Jury Prize: Hunger by Peter Foldes

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury
 * 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)
 * Technical Grand Prize: Mahler by Ken Russell
 * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Angst essen Seele auf by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
 * Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola

Media

 * INA: Opening of the 1974 Festival (commentary in French)