7th Canadian Film Awards explained

7th Canadian Film Awards
Date:1955
Location:No ceremony held
Most Awards:The Stratford Adventure
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The 7th Canadian Film Awards were announced in 1955 to honour achievements in Canadian film.[1]

The plan was to hold the gala in Ottawa, but the Association of Motion Pictures Producers and Laboratories and National Film Board of Canada commissioner Albert Trueman argued that the event should be a private, industry-only function. This went against one of the Canadian Film Association's main objectives–to show the public the value of the awards. In the end, the winners were announced via press release, award certificates were sent to the winners, and the Ottawa Film Society organized public screenings of the winning films.[1]

Winners

The Stratford Adventure — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Morten Parker director[2] [3]

Honorable Mention: High Tide in Newfoundland — National Film Board of Canada, Nicholas Balla producer, Grant McLean director[5]

Honorable Mention: One Little Indian — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly and Colin Low producers, Grant Munro director[7]

Honorable Mention: The Homeless Ones — National Film Board of Canada, Leslie McFarlane producer and director[9]

Honorable Mention: It's in the CardsCrawley Films, George Gorman producer and director[11]

Corral — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Colin Low director[12]

Le Médécin du nord (Bush Doctor) — National Film Board of Canada, Roger Blais producer, Jean Palardy director[13]

Castors du Québec (Québec Beavers) — Guernand Film Co., Fernand Guertin director[14]

Look to the CentreCrawley Films, Sally McDonald producer and director[15]

Va-t-en jouer! — Service de ciné-photographie de la province de Québec, Lou Soucy producer, André Rousseau and Lou Soucy directors[16]

Tools of Plenty — PGA Films

No Time to Spare — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer[17]

On the Broom — Briston Films

Each Year They Come — Francis J. S. Holmes Film Productions, Francis J. S. Holmes producer and director[18]

The Grievance — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Morten Parker director[19]

Movie MannersUniversity of Toronto Film Society[20]

Nature in a City Lot — A. E. Phillips

Hye Bossin, Editor Canadian Film Weekly — "in recognition of his valuable contribution over the years in the field of motion pictures in Canada, and particularly his promotion of Canadian film archives"[21]

Notes and References

  1. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 29-31.
  2. Web site: The Stratford Adventure . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 24 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Townend . Paul . Mcintosh . Andrew . Canadian Film Awards . thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . The Canadian Encyclopedia . 5 March 2023.
  4. Web site: The Stratford Adventure . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
  5. Web site: High Tide in Newfoundland . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Riches of the Earth . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 15 March 2023.
  7. Web site: One Little Indian . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
  8. Web site: Gift of the Glaciers . screenculture.org . CESIF . 22 March 2023.
  9. Web site: The Homeless Ones . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 22 March 2023.
  10. Web site: Where None Shall Thirst . screenculture.org . CESIF . 23 March 2023.
  11. Web site: It's in the Cards . screenculture.org . CESIF . 23 March 2023.
  12. Web site: Corral . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 4 February 2023.
  13. Web site: Bush Doctor . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 24 March 2023.
  14. Web site: Castors du Québec . screenculture.org . CESIF . 15 March 2023.
  15. Web site: Look to the Centre . screenculture.org . CESIF . 23 March 2023.
  16. Web site: Va-t-en jouer! . screenculture.org . CESIF . 23 March 2023.
  17. Web site: No Time to Spare . screenculture.org . CESIF . 23 March 2023.
  18. Web site: Each Year They Come . screenculture.org . CESIF . 23 March 2023.
  19. Web site: The Grievance . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 24 March 2023.
  20. Web site: Film Record: Movie Manners . amateurcinema.org . University of Calgary . 15 March 2023.
  21. Web site: Bossin . Hye . A PLEA FOR A CANADIAN FILM ARCHIVE (Canada, 1949) . degruyter.com . University of California Press, Berkeley . 24 March 2023.