1975 Deauville American Film Festival

1975 Deauville American Film Festival
Festival poster
LocationDeauville, France
Hosted byDeauville American Film Festival Group
No. of films12 feature films
Festival dateSeptember 3, 1975 (1975-09-03)–September 7, 1975 (1975-09-07)
LanguageInternational
Websitewww.festival-deauville.com

The 1st Deauville American Film Festival took place at Deauville, France from September 3 to 7, 1975. It was created by French writer Lionel Chouchan and French journalist and television producer André Halimi, which they described as "(to) show films that only a few privileged - amazed or astonished – people had discovered, in New York or Los Angeles, to French audiences, without exclusion, barriers or bias". It occurs every year since its creation at the end of the summer.[1] They received funding from French entrepreneur and businessman Lucien Barrière's group and mayor of Deauville at that time, Michel d'Ornano.[2]

The festival was non-competitive in nature and remained so until 1995. It screened 12 feature films[3] at three different sites, International Centre (1,500 seats), the Casino (700 vehicles) and the Cinéma Morny (two rooms of 271 and 99 seats).[4] Initially the festival was attended by locals but with passing years its popularity increased and attracted international attention.[5] The festival also highlighted the best of American cinematography.[6]

Programme

Feature films

  • A Boy and His Dog by L.Q. Jones
  • Caged Heat by Jonathan Demme
  • Emil and the Piglet by Olle Hellbom
  • Janis by Howard Alk
  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Hall Bartlett
  • The Great Waldo Pepper by George Roy Hill
  • The Reincarnation of Peter Proud by J. Lee Thompson
  • Lifespan by Sandy Whitelaw
  • Love and Death by Woody Allen
  • Nashville by Robert Altman
  • Open Season by Peter Collinson
  • Supervixens by Russ Meyer

References

  1. ^ "HISTORY". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Deauville American Film Festival". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "1975". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  4. ^ "Deauville: pleasures for every season" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Deauville American Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "Spotlight on the Deauville American Film Festival". Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  • Official site