Film Weekly 1956-57 year book : Canadian motion picture industry (1956)

Previous Winners 1948 WINNERS Film of the Year: The Loon's Necklace, Crawley Films. Special Awards: Un Homme et Son Peche, Que¬ bec Productions. Dots and Loops, Norman MacLaren-National Film Board. Theatrical: Who Will Teach Your Child, Nation¬ al Film Board. Honorable Mention to the Cana¬ dian Cameo Series, Associated Screen News. NorvTheotrical, Live Action: Beans of Bounty, Shelly Films, and Feeling of Hostility and Drug Addict, National Film Board, were declared tie winners. Non-Theatrical, Animated: Chantons Noel, Na¬ tional Film Board. Amateur: Suite Two by Dorothy Burritt and Making a Life Mask by Louis Shore were awarded Honorable Mentions. 1949 WINNERS Special Awards: Quebec Productions Corporation for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada. Primi¬ tive Artists of Haiti, Benoit-De Tonnancour Films. Begone Dull Care, National Film Board. Theatrical: Terre de Caen, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Summer Is for Kids, Na¬ tional Film Board. Non-Theatrical, Sponsored: Science at Your Service, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Zero de Conduite, Crawley Films. Non-Theatrical, Other: Family Circles, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Children's Con¬ cert, National Film Board. Amateur: Mouvement Perpetual, Claude Ju'.ras. Honorable Mention to In the Daytime, Stanley Fox-Peter Varley. 1950 WINNERS Special Awards: L. Ernest Ouimet of Montreal, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the motion picture in Canada as a pioneer exhi¬ bitor, distributor, producer and cameraman. He produced the first Canadian newsreel, opened the first Canadian film exchange and created what is claimed to have been the first de luxe motion picture theatre; Sitzmarks the Spot, produced by Associated Screen News and distributed by War¬ ner Bros, named for success in handling a com¬ edy theme; Family Tree, National Film Board, for outstanding animation and musical score; The Fight — Science Against Cancer, National Film Board, for a splendid' representation of a signi¬ ficant social problem. Theatrical: Apres le Bagne (After Prison, WhatP), National Film Board. Non-Theatrical: Feelings of Depression, Nation¬ al Film Board. Honorable Mention to The Oyster Man, National Film Board. Amateur: Honorable mention to Frontiersman, Emaneul J. Heuer; Parking On This Side, Univer¬ sity of Toronto Film Society. Recognition: Winston Barron and Canadian Paramount News for an unique contribution to public information in Canada by providing a Canadian editor and giving special treatment to all its Canadian subjects. Crawley Films for its series of films on child development, produced for the McGraw Hill Company. Graphic Associates for their experimental pup¬ pet film, Buffoons. National Film Board for two excellent films on forest conservation and use, Look to the Forest and Trees Are a Crop. Crawley Films for the film, Power of Pennies, an excellent example of a sponsored film. Associated Screen News for the general high level of the Theatrical Canadian Cameo Series. National Film Board for A Friend at the Door, a skilful interpretation of social services in British Columbia. National Film Board for an unique interpreta¬ tion of Canadian history by using old prints and engravings in the film, Les Anciens Canadiens. 1951 WINNERS Film of the Year: Newfoundland Scene, Craw¬ ley Films Ltd. Special Awards: Around Is Around — Now Is the Time, produced by the National Film Board. Theatrical — Feature: Royal Journey, produced by National Film Board. Honorable Mention to La Petite Aurore, produced by Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne Inc. Theatrical — Short: Opera School, produced by the National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Struggle for Oil, (NFB); The Fruitful Earth, pro¬ duced by Associated Screen News; Man in the Peace Tower, (NFB). Non-Theatrical — Open: Newfoundland Scene, Crawley Films Ltd. Honorable Mention to The Longhouse People and Les Moines de St. -Benoit du Lac, both produced by the National Film Board. Non-Theatrical — Non-Government Sponsor: Packaged Power, Crawley Films Ltd. Non-Theatrical — Government Sponsor: Milk Made, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Ski a Quebec, Abbe Maurice Proulx of Laval University for Province of Quebec. Amateur: A Camper and His Canoe, David Palter. Honorable Mention to Cours Primaire de Francois, The French Cine Club, University of Toronto, and The Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot, Victoria, BC, Amateur Movie Club. 1952 WINNERS Film of the Year: Tit-Coq, Les Productions Gratien Gelinas. Theatrical Feature: Tit-Coq, Les Productions Gratien Gelinas. Theatrical Short: L'Homme Aux Oiseaux, Natonal Film Board. Honorable Mentions to Les lies de la Madeleine, National Film Board; Canine Crimebusters, Associated Screen News; and Citizen Varek, National Film Board. Non-Theatrical — Open: Angotee, National Film Board. Honorable Mentions to The Son, National Film Board; Romance of Transportation, Na¬ tional Film Board; The Power Within, Crawley Films Ltd.; Hot Hickory, Ashley & Crippen Ltd.; and Magic of the Tropics, Dr. S. Copeland. Non-Theatrical — Non-Government Sponsor: Im¬ mediate Action, Crawley Films Ltd. Honorable Mentions to Calgary Stampede, Davart Produc¬ tions, and Rogerstone, Crawley Films Ltd. Non-Theatrical — Government Sponsor: Shyness, National Film Board. Honorable Mentions to Western Wheat, National Film Board, and Opera¬ tion Budworm, Omega Productions. 1953 WINNERS Film of the Year: The Seasons, Christopher Chapman. Special Award: Gordon Sparling of Montreal, in recognition of "his distinguisted service to the art of the film in Canada and to the Canadian Film Industry." Theatrical Feature: No award was made in this category by the judges. Non-Theatrical — Open: The Seasons, Christo¬ pher Chapman. Honorable Mention to Embry¬ onic Development of the Chick, National Film Board. Non-Theatrical — Non Government Sponsor: Episode in Valleydale, Crawley Films. Honorable Mentions to The Ring-Necked Pheasant, Wild 155