4th Canadian Film Awards explained
The 4th Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 27, 1952 to honour achievements in Canadian film.[1]
This year's submissions were 20 documentaries and 50 films, including five full-length features, three of them French-language. Several changes were made; categories were expanded, the jury screenings were moved to Montreal, and more French-speaking judges were included. Also, the awards ceremony was moved from Ottawa to Toronto; this year's host was University of Toronto president Sidney Earle Smith.[1]
Winners
Films
Newfoundland Scene: A Tale of Outport Adventure — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer and director[2]
Honourable Mention: La petite Aurore, l'enfant martyre (Little Aurore's Tragedy) — L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne, Jean-Yves Bigras director[4]
Honourable Mention: The Fruitful Earth — Associated Screen Studios, Bernard Norrish producer, Gordon Sparling director[6]
Honourable Mention: The Man in the Peace Tower — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Roger Blais director[7]
Honourable Mention: Struggle for Oil — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Ronald Dick director[8]
Honourable Mention: The Longhouse People — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Allan Wargon director[10]
Honourable Mention: Les moines de Saint-Benoît (Monastery) — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Roger Blais director[11]
- Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Milk-Made — National Film Board of Canada, Michael Spencer producer, Larry Gosnell director[12]
Honourable Mention: Ski à Québec — Service de ciné-photographie de la province de Québec, Abbé Maurice Proulx producer and director[13]
- Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Packaged Power — Crawley Films, Quentin Brown producer[14]
- Amateur: A Camper and His Canoe — David Palter producer and director[15]
Honourable Mention: Cours primaire de français — French Ciné Club, University of Toronto[16]
Honourable Mention: Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot — Victoria, B.C. Movie Club, Douglas Flintoff director[17]
- Special Award: Around Is Around and Now is the Time - National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart producers, Norman McLaren director, "in recognition of research in a new area of filmmaking".[18] [19]
Notes and References
- Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 17-19.
- Web site: Newfoundland Scene : A Tale of Outport Adventure . screenculture.org . CESIF . 17 March 2023.
- Web site: Royal Journey . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne . collections.tiff.net . Toronto International Film Festival . 15 March 2023.
- Web site: Opera School . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: Opera School . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: The Man in the Peace Tower . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: Struggle for Oil . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: Newfoundland Scene : A Tale of Outport Adventure . screenculture.org . CESIF . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: The Longhouse People . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: Monastery . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: Mile-Made . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: Ski à Québec . screenculture.org . CESIF . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: Packaged Power . screenculture.org . CESIF . 17 March 2023.
- Web site: Film Record: Camper and His Canoe, A . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 17 March 2023.
- Web site: Film Record: Cours primaire de français . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 17 March 2023.
- Web site: Film Record: Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot, The . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 15 March 2023.
- Web site: Around is Around . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
- Web site: Now is the Time . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.