The 2nd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 19, 1950 to honour achievements in Canadian film.[1] The ceremony was hosted by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
| 2nd Canadian Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 19, 1950 |
| Location | Little Elgin Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario |
| Hosted by | Louis St. Laurent |
The number of entries for this year's awards rose to 43, from 21 producers. Only one feature-length theatrical film was entered—Quebec Productions' Le Curé de village. The quality of all entries was so high, the jury could not choose a Film of the Year, instead opting to award Special Citations.[1]
Winners
edit- Film of the Year: Not awarded
- Theatrical Short: La terre de Caïn (North Shore) — National Film Board of Canada, James Beveridge producer, Pierre Petel director[2]
- Honourable Mention: Summer Is for Kids — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Stanley Jackson director[3]
- Non-Theatrical, Open: Family Circles — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker and Tom Daly producers, Morten Parker director[4]
- Honourable Mention: Children's Concert — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker producer and director[5]
- Non-Theatrical, Sponsored: Science at Your Service — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Ronald Dick director[6]
- Honourable Mention: Zéro de conduite (Winter Blunderland) — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer [7]
- Amateur: Mouvement perpétuel (Perpetual Movement) — Claude Jutra producer and director[8]
- Honourable Mention: In the Daytime — Stanley Fox, Peter Varley producers[9]
- Special Awards:
- - Primitive Artists of Haiti — Benoît and de Tonnancourt Films, Réal Benoît, André de Tonnancourt producers, "for its successful attempt to interpret other cultures and other peoples to Canadians".[10]
- - Begone Dull Care — National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren producer, Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart directors - "in recognition of the successful contribution of an experimental approach to filmmaking by Norman McLaren and his associates".[11]
- - Quebec Productions, Paul L'Anglais and René Germain producers,[12] "for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada" (through its creation of the films The Village Priest (Le Curé de Village), Whispering City/La Forteresse, A Man and His Sin (Un homme et son péché) and Séraphin).[13]
- Special Citations:
- The Canadian Heritage — Audio Pictures[14]
- Animules — Louis Shore[15]
- Borderline Cases — Associated Screen Studios, Bernard Norrish producer, Gordon Sparling director[16]
- Ballet Festival — National Film Board of Canada, Don Mulholland producer, Roger Blais director[17]
- Portrait — Robert Sparks, Phyllis Mawdsley
- A Mile Below the Wheat — Crawley Films, Gerald Moses director[18]
- The Rising Tide — National Film Board of Canada, James Beveridge producer, Jean Palardy director[19]
References
edit- ^ a b Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 9-11.
- ^ "North Shore". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Summer is for Kids". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Family Circles". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Children's Concert". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Science at Your Service". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Zéro de conduite = Winter Blunderland". recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Film Record: Mouvement perpétuel". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Film Record: In the Daytime". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Primitive Artists of Haiti". worldcat.org. WorldCat. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Begone Dull Care". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Quebec Productions". cinemaparlantquebec.ca. Cinema in Quebec. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Herbert Whittaker, "Show Business". The Globe and Mail, April 15, 1950.
- ^ "The Canadian Heritage". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Animules". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Borderline Cases". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Ballet Festival". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "A Mile Below the Wheat". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "The Rising Tide". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.