The 28th Cannes Film Fest was held on May 9–23, 1975.
The Palme d’Or went to the Chronique des Années de Braise by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina.
The festival closed with Ken Russell’s Tommy, starring Ann-Margret.
Jury Members
Jeanne Moreau, President, actress
- André Delvaux, director
- Anthony Burgess, writer
- Fernando Rey, actor
- George Roy Hill, director (US)
- Gérard Ducaux-Rupp, producer
- Léa Massari, actress
- Pierre Mazars, journalist
- Pierre Salinger, writer
- Youlia Solntzeva, actress
Feature film competition
- Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Martin Scorsese
- Aloïse – Liliane de Kermadec
- O Amuleto de Ogum – Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Ce cher Victor – Robin Davis
- Chronique des Années de Braise by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Den-en ni shisu – Shūji Terayama
- Un divorce heureux – Henning Carlsen
- Dzieje grzechu– Walerian Borowczyk
- Ignacio – François Reichenbach
- Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle – Werner Herzog
- Lenny – Bob Fosse
- Les Ordres – Michel Brault
- Lotte in Weimar – Egon Günther
- Man Friday – Jack Gold
- Mariken van Nieumeghen – Jos Stelling
- Oni srazhalis za rodinu – Sergei Bondarchuk
- The Passenger – Michelangelo Antonioni
- Profumo di donna – Dino Risi
- Section spéciale Costa Gavras
- Szerelmem, Elektra – Miklós Jancsó
- Xia nu – King Hu
- Yuppi du – Adriano Celentano
Films out of competition
- A Csodalatos Mandarin by Miklós Szinetár
- A faból faragott királyfi by Ádám Horváth
- Anna Karenine by Margarita Pilikhina
- Galileo by Joseph Losey
- Georges Braque ou Le temps different by Frédéric Rossif
- India Song by Marguerite Duras
- Je t’aime, tu danses by François Weyergans
- Moses und Aron by Jean-Marie Straub
- The Day of the Locust by John Schlesinger (US)
- The Maids by Christopher Miles
- The Romantic Englishwoman by Joseph Losey
- Tommy by Ken Russell
- Trollflojten by Ingmar Bergman
Awards
- Golden Palm: Chronique des Années de Braise by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algeria
- Grand Prix: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle by Werner Herzog
- Best Director: Costa Gavras for Section spéciale and Michel Brault for Les Ordres
- Best Actor: Vittorio Gassman for Profumo di donna
- Best Actress: Valerie Perrine for Lenny
- Technical Grand Prix: Xia nu by King Hu
- Short Film Palme d’Or: Lautrec by Geoff Dunbar
- Short Film Special Jury Prize: Daryu tebe zvezdu by Fyodor Khitruk
