# 1975 Cannes Film Festival

The 28th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 23 May 1975. French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition.
Algerian filmmaker Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Chronicle of the Years of Fire.
In 1975, a new non-competitive section, Les Yeux fertiles, was introduced. This section was later integrated into the Un Certain Regard section in 1978.
The festival opened with A Happy Divorce by Henning Carlsen, and closed with Tommy by Ken Russell.

## Juries
### Main Competition

* Jeanne Moreau, French actress - Jury President
* Anthony Burgess, English author
* André Delvaux, Belgian filmmaker
* Gérard Ducaux-Rupp, French producer
* George Roy Hill, American filmmaker
* Lea Massari, Italian actress
* Pierre Mazars, journalist
* Fernando Rey, Spanish actor
* Pierre Salinger, American journalist
* Yuliya Solntseva, Soviet actress and filmmaker

## Official selection
### In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| Aloïse | Aloïse | Liliane de Kermadec | France |
| The Amulet of Ogum | O Amuleto de Ogum | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| Cher Victor | Ce cher Victor | Robin Davis | France |
| Chronicle of the Years of Fire | وقائع سنين الجمر | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Algeria |
| Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? | ¿No oyes ladrar los perros? | François Reichenbach | Mexico |
| Electra, My Love | Szerelmem, Elektra | Miklós Jancsó | Hungary |
| The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser | Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle | Werner Herzog | West Germany |
| A Happy Divorce (opening film) | En lykkelig skilsmisse | Henning Carlsen | France, Denmark |
| Lenny | Lenny | Bob Fosse | United States |
| Lotte in Weimar | Lotte in Weimar | Egon Günther | East Germany |
| Man Friday | Man Friday | Jack Gold | United Kingdom, United States |
| Mariken van Nieumeghen | Mariken van Nieumeghen | Jos Stelling | Netherlands |
| Orders | Les Ordres | Michel Brault | Canada |
| The Passenger | Professione: Reporter | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy, Spain, France |
| Pastoral: To Die in the Country | 田園に死す | Shūji Terayama | Japan |
| Scent of a Woman | Profumo di donna | Dino Risi | Italy |
| Special Section | Section spéciale | Costa-Gavras | France |
| The Story of Sin | Dzieje grzechu | Walerian Borowczyk | Poland |
| They Fought for Their Country | Они сражались за Родину | Sergei Bondarchuk | Soviet Union |
| A Touch of Zen | 俠女 | King Hu | Taiwan, Hong Kong |
| Yuppi du | Yuppi du | Adriano Celentano | Italy |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Csodalatos Mandarin | A Csodalatos Mandarin | Miklós Szinetár | Hungary |
| A faból faragott királyfi | A faból faragott királyfi | Ádám Horváth | Hungary |
| Anna Karenina | Анна Каренина | Margarita Pilikhina | Soviet Union |
| The Day of the Locust | The Day of the Locust | John Schlesinger | United States |
| Galileo | Galileo | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom |
| Georges Braque ou le temps différent | Georges Braque ou le temps différent | Frédéric Rossif | France |
| India Song | India Song | Marguerite Duras | France |
| Je t'aime, tu danses | Je t'aime, tu danses | François Weyergans | Belgium |
| The Magic Flute | Trollflöjten | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| The Maids | The Maids | Christopher Miles | United Kingdom |
| Moses and Aaron | Moses und Aron | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | West Germany |
| The Romantic Englishwoman | The Romantic Englishwoman | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom |
| Tommy (closing film) | Tommy (closing film) | Ken Russell | United Kingdom |

### Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
* La Corrida by Christian Broutin
* Daryu tebe zvezdu by Fyodor Khitruk
* Don't by Robin Lehman
* L'empreinte by Jacques Cardon
* Kolory życia (Les couleurs de la vie) by Piotr Szpakowicz
* Lautrec by Geoff Dunbar
* Pedestrians by Andrew Ruhl
* Revisited by Joyce Borenstein
* W.O.W. (Women of the World) by Faith Hubley

## Parallel sections
### International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 14th International Critics' Week (14e Semaine de la Critique):
* Assassination in Davos (Konfrontation) by Rolf Lyssy (Switzerland)
* Brother Can You Spare a Dime? by Philippe Mora (United Kingdom)
* Vase de noces by Thierry Zeno (Belgium)
* Hester Street by Joan Micklin Silver (United States)
* Knots by David I. Munro (United Kingdom)
* The Musician Killer (L’Assassin musicien) by Benoît Jacquot (France)
* The Peaceful Age (L'età della pace) by Fabio Carpi (Italy)

### Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1975 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
* Allonsanfan by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy)
* The Battle of Chile (part 1) (La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Primera parte: La insurrección de la burguesía) by Patricio Guzman (Chile, Cuba)
* Black Angel (Der schwarze Engel) by Werner Schroeter (West Germany)
* Chac by Rolando Klein (Panama)
* Conjugal Warfare (Guerra conjugal) by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Brazil)
* Di Assimanton Aformin by Tassos Psarras (Greece)
* Fox and His Friends (Faustrecht der Freiheit) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (West Germany)
* French Provincial (Souvenirs d’en France) by André Téchiné (France)
* Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles by Chantal Akerman (Belgium, France)
* The Last Day of School Before Christmas (L'ultimo giorno di scuola prima delle vacanze di Natale) by Gian Vittorio Baldi (Italy)
* Milestones by Robert Kramer, John Douglas (United States)
* Njangaan (The Disciple) by Mahama Johnson Traoré (Senegal)
* Les oeillets rouges d'avril by Véra Belmont (France)
* Das Rückendekollete by Jan Nemec (Switzerland)
* Schoolmaster Hofer (Hauptlehrer Hofer) by Peter Lilienthal (West Germany)
* Shazdeh Ehtedjab (Prince Ehtedjab) by Bahman Farmanara (Iran)
* Strah by Matjaz Klopcic (Yugoslavia)
* Strike! (Streik!) by Oddvar Bull Tuhus (Norway)
* Sunday Too Far Away by Ken Hannam (Australia)
* The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper (United States)
* The Travelling Players (O Thiassos) by Theo Angelopoulos (Greece)
* The Vultures (Les vautours) by Jean-Claude Labrecque (Canada)
* Zone Interdite by Ahmed Lallem (Algeria)
    Short films
* 16+- (Chofuku-Ki) by Shuji Terayama (Japan)
* 350 by Philippe Pilard (France)
* Echos d'Alger 1955 by Frank Cassenti (France)
* L'Economie des sentiments by Daniel Jouanisson (France)
* Manosolfa by Sandra Coelho de Souza (Brazil)
* Monopolis by Claude Dubrana, J.P. Zirn (France)
* Tadii by Nooradin Zarrin Kelk (Iran)

## Official Awards
### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: Chronicle of the Years of Fire by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
* Grand Prix: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser by Werner Herzog
* Best Director:
** Costa-Gavras for Special Section
** Michel Brault for Orders
* Best Actress: Valerie Perrine for Lenny
* Best Actor: Vittorio Gassman for Scent of a Woman

### Short Film Palme d'Or

* Lautrec by Geoff Dunbar
* Special Jury Prize: Daryu tebe zvezdu by Fyodor Khitruk

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Prize

* The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser by Werner Herzog
* The Travelling Players by Theo Angelopoulos

### Commission Supérieure Technique

* Technical Grand Prize: A Touch of Zen by King Hu

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser by Werner Herzog