The 28th Cannes Film Festival marked the first Palme d'Or won by an Algerian filmmaker, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina.
Key Facts
- Edition
- 28th Cannes Film Festival
- Dates
- 9–23 May 1975
- Palme d'Or Winner
- Chronicle of the Years of Fire
- Jury President
- Jeanne Moreau (French actress)
- New Section Introduced
- Les Yeux fertiles (non-competitive)
- Opening Film
- A Happy Divorce by Henning Carlsen
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Cannes, established as an annual international film festival, convened its 28th edition in May 1975, with French actress Jeanne Moreau appointed as jury president to oversee the main competition selection.
The festival ran from 9 to 23 May 1975 in Cannes, France. Algerian director Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina received the Palme d'Or for Chronicle of the Years of Fire. The event opened with Henning Carlsen's A Happy Divorce and closed with Ken Russell's Tommy, and introduced the non-competitive section Les Yeux fertiles.
Lakhdar-Hamina's win became a landmark moment for African and Arab cinema at Cannes. The newly introduced Les Yeux fertiles section was subsequently absorbed into the Un Certain Regard strand in 1978, broadening the festival's parallel programming structure.