[4] French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition.

Algerian filmmaker Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Chronicle of the Years of Fire.

[5] In 1975, a new non-competitive section, Les Yeux fertiles, was introduced.

[6][7] The festival opened with A Happy Divorce by Henning Carlsen,[8][9] and closed with Tommy by Ken Russell.

[10] 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 14th International Critics' Week (14e Semaine de la Critique):[12] The following films were screened for the 1975 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]