1975 Cannes Film Festival
The 28th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 May 1975. The Palme d'Or went to the Chronique des Années de Braise by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. In 1975, a new section, "Les Yeux fertiles", which was non-competitive, was introduced. This section, along with sections "L'Air du temps" and "Le Passé composé" of the next two years, were integrated into Un Certain Regard in 1978.
The festival opened with A Happy Divorce, directed by Henning Carlsen and closed with Tommy, directed by Ken Russell.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1975 feature film competition:Feature films
- Jeanne Moreau Jury President
- André Delvaux
- Anthony Burgess
- Fernando Rey
- George Roy Hill
- Gérard Ducaux-Rupp
- Léa Massari
- Pierre Mazars
- Pierre Salinger
- Youlia Solntzeva
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore by Martin Scorsese
- Aloïse by Liliane de Kermadec
- The Amulet of Ogum by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Cher Victor by Robin Davis
- Chronicle of the Years of Fire by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? by François Reichenbach
- Electra, My Love by Miklós Jancsó
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser by Werner Herzog
- A Happy Divorce by Henning Carlsen
- Lenny by Bob Fosse
- Lotte in Weimar by Egon Günther
- Man Friday by Jack Gold
- Mariken van Nieumeghen by Jos Stelling
- Les Ordres by Michel Brault
- The Passenger by Michelangelo Antonioni
- by Shūji Terayama
- Scent of a Woman by Dino Risi
- Section spéciale by Costa Gavras
- The Story of Sin by Walerian Borowczyk
- They Fought for Their Country by Sergei Bondarchuk
- A Touch of Zen by King Hu
- Yuppi du by Adriano Celentano
Films out of competition
- A Csodalatos Mandarin by Miklós Szinetár
- A faból faragott királyfi by Ádám Horváth
- Anna Karenine by Margarita Pilikhina
- The Day of the Locust by John Schlesinger
- Galileo by Joseph Losey
- Georges Braque ou le temps différent by Frédéric Rossif
- India Song by Marguerite Duras
- Je t'aime, tu danses by François Weyergans
- Trollflojten by Ingmar Bergman
- The Maids by Christopher Miles
- Moses und Aron by Jean-Marie Straub
- The Romantic Englishwoman by Joseph Losey
- Tommy by Ken Russell
Short film competition
- La Corrida by Christian Broutin
- Daryu tebe zvezdu by Fyodor Khitruk
- Don't by Robin Lehman
- L'empreinte by Jacques Cardon
- Kolory życia by Piotr Szpakowicz
- Lautrec by Geoff Dunbar
- Pedestrians by Andrew Ruhl
- Revisited by Joyce Borenstein
- W.O.W. by Faith Hubley
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 14th International Critics' Week :- Assassination in Davos by Rolf Lyssy
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime? by Philippe Mora
- Vase de noces by Thierry Zeno
- Hester Street by Joan Micklin Silver
- Knots by David I. Munro
- The Musician Killer by Benoît Jacquot
- The Peaceful Age by Fabio Carpi
Directors' Fortnight
- Allonsanfan by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- The Battle of Chile by Patricio Guzman
- Black Angel by Werner Schroeter
- Chac by Rolando Klein
- Conjugal Warfare by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
- Di Assimanton Aformin by Tassos Psarras
- Fox and His Friends by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- French Provincial by André Téchiné
- Hauptlehrer Hofer by Peter Lilienthal
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles by Chantal Akerman
- The Last Day of School Before Christmas by Gian Vittorio Baldi
- Milestones by Robert Kramer, John Douglas
- Njangaan by Mahama Johnson Traoré
- Les oeillets rouges d'avril by Véra Belmont
- Das Ruckendekollete by Jan Nemec
- Shazdeh Ehtedjab by Bahman Farmanara
- Strah by Matjaz Klopcic
- Strike! by Oddvar Bull Tuhus
- Sunday Too Far Away by Ken Hannam
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper
- The Travelling Players by Theo Angelopoulos
- Les vautours by Jean-Claude Labrecque
- Zone Interdite by Ahmed Lallem
- 16+- by Shuji Terayama
- 350 by Philippe Pilard
- Echos d'Alger 1955 by Frank Cassenti
- L'Economie des sentiments by Daniel Jouanisson
- Manosolfa by Sandra Coelho de Souza
- Monopolis by Claude Dubrana, J.P. Zirn
- Tadii'' by Nooradin Zarrin Kelk
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1975 Official selection awards:- Palme d'Or: Chronicle of the Years of Fire by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algeria
- Grand Prix: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser by Werner Herzog
- Award for Best Director: Costa Gavras for Section spéciale and Michel Brault for Les Ordres
- Award for Best Actress: Valerie Perrine for Lenny
- Award for 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
- Technical Grand Prize: A Touch of Zen by King Hu
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser by Werner Herzog
Media
- Jean Moreau states in the interview that more important than even the Main Selection have become the events of the Parallel Section which make possible the existence of the Festival.