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1974 Cannes Film Festival

1974 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 27th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Georges Lacroix.[1]
Opening filmAmarcord
Closing filmS*P*Y*S
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsGrand Prix:
The Conversation
No. of films26 (In Competition)[2]
Festival date9 May 1974 (1974-05-09) – 24 May 1974 (1974-05-24)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The 27th Cannes Film Festivaltook place from 9 to 24 May 1974. French filmmaker René Clair served as jury president for the main competition.

The Grand Prix, then the fetival's main prize, was awarded to American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola for the drama film The Conversation.[3][4]

The festival opened with Amarcord by Federico Fellini,[5][6] and closed with S*P*Y*S by Irvin Kershner.[7]

  1. ^ "Posters 1974". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference selection was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "27ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  4. ^ "1974 - Toute une époque (A whole era)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Great Cannes Openers". empireonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  6. ^ "The copening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

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