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 (Un Divorce heureux), 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 (actress) Jury President
André Delvaux (director) Anthony Burgess (writer) Fernando Rey (actor) George Roy Hill (director) Gérard Ducaux-Rupp (producer) Léa Massari (actress) Pierre Mazars (journalist) Pierre Salinger (writer) Youlia Solntzeva (actress)
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 (O Amuleto de Ogum) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Cher Victor (Ce cher Victor) by Robin Davis
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Chronique des années de Braise) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (Ignacio) by François Reichenbach Electra, My Love (Szerelmem, Elektra) by Miklós Jancsó The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle) by Werner Herzog A Happy Divorce (Un Divorce heureux) by Henning Carlsen Lenny by Bob Fosse Lotte in Weimar by Egon Günther Man Friday by Jack Gold Mariken van Nieumeghen by Jos Stelling Orders (Les Ordres) by Michel Brault The Passenger (Professione: reporter) by Michelangelo Antonioni Pastoral: To Die in the Country (Den-en ni shisu) by Shūji Terayama Scent of a Woman (Profumo di donna) by Dino Risi Section spéciale by Costa Gavras The Story of Sin (Dzieje grzechu) by Walerian Borowczyk They Fought for Their Country (Oni srazhalis za rodinu) by Sergei Bondarchuk A Touch of Zen (Xia nu) by King Hu Yuppi du by Adriano Celentano
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened 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
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
La Corrida by Christian Broutin
Daryu tebe zvezdu by Fyodor Khitruk
Don't by Robin Lehman
L'empreinte by Jacques Cardon
Kolory życia (Les couleurs de la vie) by Piotr Szpakowicz
Lautrec by Geoff Dunbar
Pedestrians by Andrew Ruhl
Revisited by Joyce Borenstein
W.O.W. (Women of the World) by Faith Hubley
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 14th International Critics' Week (14e Semaine de la Critique):
Assassination in Davos (Konfrontation) by Rolf Lyssy (Switzerland) Brother Can You Spare a Dime? by Philippe Mora (United Kingdom) Vase de noces by Thierry Zeno (Belgium) Hester Street by Joan Micklin Silver (United States) Knots by David I. Munro (United Kingdom) The Musician Killer (L’Assassin musicien) by Benoît Jacquot (France) The Peaceful Age (L'età della pace) by Fabio Carpi (Italy)