1st Canadian Film Awards explained

1st Canadian Film Awards
Date:April 27, 1949
Location:Little Elgin Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario
Host:Robert Winters
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The 1st Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 27, 1949 to honour achievements in Canadian film.

The awards came into being at a May 1947 conference of forty-four organizations connected to the Canadian Association for Adult Education, where it was decided that awards should be given to distinguished Canadian radio programs and films. The awards should be similar in stature to the Governor General Awards for Literature, and they should raise standards in film and radio, help Canadians understand the work of Canadian artists and broadcasters, and recognize Canadian creative effort.

It was eventually agreed that there would be Canadian Radio Awards, and Canadian Film Awards, and that the physical prizes would be Canadian paintings. For the first awards presentations, twenty-eight short films and one full-length film were entered. The prize to each winner was an original painting by a Canadian artist, valued at $50.00.[1] The ceremony, which took place at Ottawa's Little Elgin Theatre, was hosted by politician Robert Winters.[1]

Winners

The Loon's NecklaceCrawley Films, F.R. Crawley producer and director[2]

Feeling of Hostility — National Film Board of Canada, Robert Anderson producer and director[5]

Drug Addict — National Film Board of Canada, Robert Anderson producer and director[6]

Theatrical Short, Honourable Mention: Canadian Cameo SeriesAssociated Screen Studios, Bernard Norrish producer, Gordon Sparling director[8]

Honourable Mention: Suite Two, A Memo to Oscar — Dorothy Burritt and Stanley Fox directors[10]

Honourable Mention: Making a Life Mask — Louis Shore producer, Judith Crawley director[11]

- Dots and Loops, National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren producer and director — "in recognition of the experimental work of Norman McLaren in the field of animation".[12] [13]

- Un homme et son péché (A Man and His Sin), Quebec Productions Corp., Paul L'Anglais producer — "for making a definite advance in Canadian film history".[14]

Notes and References

  1. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 5-7.
  2. Web site: The Loon's Necklace . screenculture.org . CESIF . 17 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Beans of Bounty . screenculture.org . CESIF . 5 April 2023.
  4. Web site: Filmmaker: Oscar C. Burritt . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 14 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Feeling of Hostility . nfb.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 14 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Drug Addict . nfb.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 14 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Who Will Teach Your Child? . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 March 2023.
  8. Web site: Magder . Ted . Handling . Piers . Morris . Peter . Canadian Film History: 1896 to 1938 . thecanadianencyclopedia.c . The Canadian Encyclopedia . 14 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Chantons Noël . onf.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 14 March 2023.
  10. Web site: Film Record: Suite Two: A Memo to Oscar . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 14 March 2023.
  11. Web site: Film Record: Making a Mask . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 22 March 2023.
  12. Web site: Dots . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 March 2023.
  13. Web site: Loops . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 17 March 2023.
  14. Web site: Sabourin . Diane . Un homme et son péché . thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . The Canadian Encyclopedia . 22 March 2023.