12th Canadian Film Awards explained

12th Canadian Film Awards
Date:	June 3, 1960
Location:	King Edward Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Host:	Albert Trueman
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The 12th Canadian Film Awards were held on June 3, 1960, to honour achievements in Canadian film.

This year saw 115 films entered for consideration and the judging panel consisted of 55 people in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. The ceremony took the form of an informal luncheon hosted by Albert Trueman, Director of the Canada Council.^[1]

Winners

• Film of the Year

Not awarded

• Feature Film

No entries submitted

• Theatrical Short: Royal River — National Film Board of Canada, Grant McLean producer, Gordon Sparling and Roger Blais directors^[2]
• Arts and Experimental: Les Bateaux de neige — Studio 7, Jacques Giraldeau director
• TV Information: Bad Medicine — Crawley Films, Harry Horner and F. R. Crawley producers, Don Haldane director^[3]

Man of Kintail — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer^[4]

• Films for Children: Tales of the Riverbank — Riverbank Productions, Paul Sutherland director^[5]

The Chairmaker and the Boys — National Film Board of Canada, Tim Wilson producer^[6]

• Travel and Recreation: Pressure Golf — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley and Peter Cook producers, Peter Cook director^[7]
• General Information: A Is for Architecture — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly and Colin Low producers, Gerald Budner and Robert Verrall directors^[8]
• Public Relations: It's the People That Count — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer^[9]
• Sales Promotion: Hosiery Facts and Fashions — Omega Productions, Richard J. Jarvis producer
• Training and Instruction: An Introduction to Jet Engines — National Film Board of Canada, Frank Spiller producer, René Jodoin director^[10]

Radiation — National Film Board of Canada, Hugh O'Connor producer and director^[11]

• Filmed Commercial: Duet — Robert Lawrence Productions, John Ross producer
• Amateur: Paperchase — University of British Columbia, Werner Aellen director^[12]
• Special Awards:

- Arthur Chetwynd, Chetwynd Films — "for dedicated service in the interest of Canadian filmmakers as an executive officer of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada".

- Joseph Morin, Ciné-Photographic Branch, Government of Quebec — "for over forty years of service to Canadian filmmaking in the fields of production, distribution and exhibition".^[13]

Notes and References

1. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 49-51.
2. Web site: Royal River . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 March 2023.
3. Web site: Bad Medicine . screenculture.org . CESIF . 17 March 2023.
4. Web site: Man of Kintail . screenculture.org . CESIF . 17 March 2023.
5. Web site: Tales of the Riverbank . screenculture.org . CESIF . 24 March 2023.
6. Web site: The Chairmaker and the Boys . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 March 2023.
7. Web site: Pressure Golf . screenculture.org . CESIF . 17 March 2023.
8. Web site: A is for Architecture . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 March 2023.
9. Web site: It's the People That Count . screenculture.org . CESIF . 17 March 2023.
10. Web site: An Introduction to Jet Engines . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 March 2023.
11. Web site: La Radiation . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 24 March 2023.
12. Web site: Film Record: Paperchase . amateurfilm.org . University of Calgary . 15 March 2023.
13. Web site: Joseph Morin . cinemaparlantquebec.ca . Cinema in Quebec . 16 March 2023.