15th Canadian Film Awards explained
The 15th Canadian Film Awards were held on May 10, 1963 to honour achievements in Canadian film.
This year saw a new record in film submissions: 175 productions from 44 producers, with the greatest increases in the TV Information and Travel and Recreation categories. As one in five submissions was a French-language film, more bi-lingual judges were added and, for the first time, the Canadian Society of Cinematographers joined the CFA.
The event took place in Montreal and returned to being a publicly-attended gala, hosted by Montreal International Theatre founder Jeanine Beaubien.[1]
Films
Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors[2]
No entries submitted
Les Annanacks — National Film Board of Canada, René Bonnière producer and director[5]
- TV Entertainment: Not awarded
- Films for Children: Fantastique — National Film Board of Canada, Jacques Bobet producer, Fernand Rivard director[6]
The Climates of North America — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig director[7]
- Travel and Recreation: Grey Cup Festival '62 — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer and director
Wilderness Treasure — Wilber Sutherland, Bill Mason producers, Bill Mason director[8]
Patterns — Williams Drege & Hill, Colin Y. Smith director[12]
- Training and Instruction: Mathematics at Your Fingertips — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig producer, John Howe director[13]
- Filmed Commercial, Company or Product: Kraft Strawberry — Rabko Television Productions, Don McLean producer
- Filmed Commercial, Public Service: Not awarded
- Amateur: Cathy — Peter Gerretsen director[14]
Certificate of Merit: Poison — Derek A. Davy, Maurice Stevens directors[15]
Non-Feature Craft Awards
Black and White Cinematography: Guy Borremans — Jour après jour (Day After Day) (NFB)
Colour Cinematography: Donald Wilder, Nahanni (NFB)
Honourable Mention: Christopher Chapman, Saguenay (Crawley Films)[16]
Special Awards
Four-Line Conics, (NFB) Trevor Fletcher director — "in recognition of its imaginative and experimental illustration of a specialized mathematical concept".[17]
Dorothy Burritt and Oscar Burritt — "for pioneering work over three decades for the development and appreciation of film in Canada".
Gaudry Delisle — "for his many years of devoted service for the promotion of a wider understanding and better use of films for educational purposes"
Notes and References
- Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 61-63.
- Web site: Townend . Paul . Mcintosh . Andrew . Canadian Film Awards . thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . The Canadian Encyclopedia . 5 March 2023.
- Web site: Nahanni . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 24 March 2023.
- Web site: Day After Day . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 24 March 2023.
- Web site: The Annanacks . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: Fantastique . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: The Climates of North America . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: Wilderness Treasure . screenculture.org . CESIF . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: Lonely Boy . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 2 February 2023.
- Web site: George Spencer Crilly, Calgary, Alberta . digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca . University of Calgary . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: Partners in Progress . screenculture.org . CESIF . 24 March 2023.
- Web site: Patterns . screenculture.org . CESIF . 24 March 2023.
- Web site: Mathematics at Your Fingertips . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: Cathy . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: Poison . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: Saguenay . screenculture.org . CESIF . 16 March 2023.
- Web site: Four-Line Conics . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 16 March 2023.