The 25th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 19 May 1972. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian films The Working Class Goes to Heaven by Elio Petri and The Mattei Affair by Francesco Rosi.[2][4]
Opening film | L'aventure c'est l'aventure |
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Closing film | Frenzy |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (La classe operaia va in paradiso and Il Caso Mattei)[2] |
No. of films | 25 (In Competition)[3] 20 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 4 May 1972 | – 19 May 1972
Website | festival-cannes |
The festival opened with the French film L'aventure, c'est l'aventure by Claude Lelouch[5][6] and closed with the British film Frenzy by Alfred Hitchcock.[7]
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1972 feature film competition:[8]
Feature films
Short films
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
The following feature films were screened for the 11th International Critics' Week (11e Semaine de la Critique):[9]
The following films were screened for the 1972 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10]
The following films and people received the 1972 Official selection awards:[2][4]
Short films
Commission Supérieure Technique
Other awards[12]