# 9th Moscow International Film Festival

The 9th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1975. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Polish film The Promised Land directed by Andrzej Wajda, the Soviet-Japanese film Dersu Uzala directed by Akira Kurosawa and the Italian film We All Loved Each Other So Much directed by Ettore Scola.

## Jury

* Stanislav Rostotsky (USSR - President of the Jury)
* Sergio Amidei (Italy)
* Hortensia Bussi (Chile)
* Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia)
* Ravjagiin Dorjpalam (Mongolia)
* Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Poland)
* Ramu Kariat (India)
* Nevena Kokanova (Bulgaria)
* Komaki Kurihara (Japan)
* Ababakar Samb (Senegal)
* Jean-Daniel Simon (France)
* Iosif Kheifits (USSR)
* Sofiko Chiaureli (USSR)
* Monsef Charfeddin (Tunisia)
* Bert Schneider (USA)

## Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Actor and the Savages | Actorul şi sălbaticii | Manole Marcus | Romania |
| The White Wall | Den vita väggen | Stig Björkman | Sweden |
| Great Expectations | Great Expectations | Joseph Hardy | Great Britain |
| Souvenir of Gibraltar | Souvenir of Gibraltar | Henri Xhonneux | Belgium, France |
| The Year of the Solar Eclipse | Nar hirtsen jil | Dshamjangijn Buntar | Mongolia |
| Girl from Hanoi | Em bé Hà Nội | Hải Ninh | North Vietnam |
| Dersu Uzala | Dersu Uzala | Akira Kurosawa | Soviet Union, Japan |
| Home for Christmas | Jouluksi kotiin | Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Finland |
| The House in the South | La casa del Sur | Sergio Olhovich | Mexico |
| The Other Francisco | El otro Francisco | Sergio Giral | Cuba |
| The Promised Land | Ziemia obiecana | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
| How to Be an Adult | Eya Dan Loku Lamayek | Dharmasena Pathiraja | Sri Lanka |
| Kafr kasem | Kafr kasem | Borhane Alaouié | Syria |
| The Red Apple | Krasnoe yabloko | Tolomush Okeyev | Soviet Union |
| Castle of Sand | Suna no utsuwa | Yoshitarō Nomura | Japan |
| A Peasant on a Bicycle | Selyaninat s koleloto | Lyudmil Kirkov | Bulgaria |
| My Little Loves | Mes petites amoureuses | Jean Eustache | France |
| Between Day and Night | Zwischen Nacht und Tag | Horst E. Brandt | East Germany |
| We All Loved Each Other So Much | C'eravamo tanto amati | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf | Nazareno Cruz y el lobo | Leonardo Favio | Argentina |
| The Legacy | L'héritage | Mohamed Bouamari | Algeria |
| 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence | 141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
| La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu | La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu | Souheil Ben-Barka | Morocco |
| The Condemned | Totstellen | Axel Corti | Austria, West Germany |
| Only the Wind Knows the Answer | Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind | Alfred Vohrer | West Germany, France |
| The Last Fleksnes | Den siste Fleksnes | Bo Hermansson | Norway |
| Thai Tigers Roar | Payak rai thaiteep | Sakka Charuchinda | Thailand |
| The Regent's Wife | La Regenta | Gonzalo Suárez | Spain |
| Red Sien | Rooie Sien | Frans Weisz | Netherlands |
| Allpakallpa | Allpakallpa | Bernardo Arias | Peru |
| La quema de Judas | La quema de Judas | Román Chalbaud | Venezuela |
| Sons of Quiet | أبناء الصمت Sons of Quiet | Minir Radi | Egypt |
| My Brother Has a Cute Brother | Můj brácha má prima bráchu | Stanislav Strnad | Czechoslovakia |
| The Republic of Užice | Uzicka Republika | Žika Mitrović | Yugoslavia |
| Xala | Xala | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal |
| Chorus | Chorus | Mrinal Sen | India |

## Awards

* Golden Prize:
** The Promised Land by Andrzej Wajda
** Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa
** We All Loved Each Other So Much by Ettore Scola
* Silver Prizes:
** Chorus by Mrinal Sen
** My Brother Has a Cute Brother by Stanislav Strnad
** Allpakallpa by Bernardo Arias
* Special Prizes:
** Director: Zoltán Fábri for 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence
** The Year of the Solar Eclipse by Dshamjangijn Buntar
* Prizes:
** Best Actor Miguel Benavides for The Other Francisco
** Best Actor Georgi Georgiev-Getz for A Peasant on a Bicycle
** Best Actress Harriet Andersson for The White Wall
** Best Actress Fatima Bouamari for The Legacy
* Diploma:
** Kafr kasem by Borhane Alaouié
** The Republic of Užice by Žika Mitrović
** Girl from Hanoi by Hai Ninh
** Castle of Sand by Yoshitarō Nomura
** The Other Francisco by Sergio Giral
** Actress: Malini Fonseka for How to Be an Adult
* Prix FIPRESCI: Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa