The 27th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 24 May 1974. French filmmaker René Clair served as jury president for the main competition.
The Grand Prix, then the festival's main prize, was awarded to American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola for the drama film The Conversation.
The festival opened with Amarcord by Federico Fellini, and closed with S*P*Y*S by Irvin Kershner.
Juries
Main Competition
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:
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 staÃ
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- Jocselekedetek by Béla Vajda
- Leonarduv denik by Jan Ã
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- 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):
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1974 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
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
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
References
Media
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