1974 Cannes Film Festival

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: • 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: • 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): • 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) • '''' 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): • 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 • ''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 File:Clair_&_Satie,_Relache1924.jpg|René Clair (left), Jury President File:Francis_Ford_Coppola_Cannes.jpg|Francis Ford Coppola, Grand Prix International du Festival winner File:Pier_Paolo_Pasolini.jpg|Pier Paolo Pasolini, Grand Prix Spécial du Jury winner == 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==

• INA: Opening of the 1974 Festival (commentary in French) == External links ==