Film Weekly 1961-62 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1961)

Foreign Language Picture: Mon Oncle, SpectraGray-Alter Films (France). Honorary Award: Maurice Chevalier. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Jack L. Warner. 1959 Actor: Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur. Actress: Simone Signoret, Room at the Top. Picture: Ben-Hur, MGM. Jean Hersholt Memorial Award: Bob Hope. British Film Academy Awards THE SOCEETY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS, LTD. 3 Soho Sq., London W.I., England. (GERrard 4235) OFFICERS President . HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT Chairman Peter de Sarigny Vice-Chairman Bill Ward Secretary James H. Lawrie Deputy-Secretary Mrs. P. J. Steele On Jan. I, 1959 the British Film Academy was merged with the Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form The Society of Film and Television Arts, Ltd. in order to continue the work of both groups in a single organization. Objects of the SFTA are "To promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among persons engaged in film and television production; to create and maintain a high stand¬ ard of qualification and performance in such per¬ sons; and to encourage and promote experiment and research in the arts, sciences and techniques of film and television production." Among its varied activities are the annual British Film Aca¬ demy Awards and those of the Guild of Tele¬ vision Producers and Directors. Its members are senior film-makers or produc¬ tion executives and producers or directors of TV programmes. Associate members are others working creatively in film or TV and Affiliates are those not creatively involved but who work in professional contact with those who are. I960 UK ACADEMY AWARDS Film From Any Source: The Apartment (USA). British Film: Saturday Night and Sunday Morn¬ ing. United Nations Award for the best film embody¬ ing one or more of the principles of the United Nations Charter: Hiroshima, Mon Amour (France). Short Film: High Journey. Specialized Film (Previously for Work Lying Outside the Feature and Documentary Fields): Dispute. Animated Film: Universe (Canada). British Screenplay: Bryan Forbes for The Angry Silence. British Actress: Rachel Roberts in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. British Actor: Peter Finch in The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Foreign Actress: Shirley MacLaine in The Apart¬ ment. Foreign Actor: Jack Lemmon in The Apartment. Most Promising Newcomer: Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. WINNERS IN PREVIOUS YEARS The Best Picture from any Source: 1947 — The Best Years of Our Lives; 1948 — Hamlet; 1949 — The Bicycle Thief; 1950 — All About Eve; 1951 — • La Ronde; 1952 — Breaking the Sound Barrier; 1953 — Jeux Interdits; 1954 — Le Salaire de la Peur; 1955— Richard III; 1956— Gervaise; 1957— The Bridge on the River Kwai; 1958 — Room at the top; 1959 — Ben-Hur. The Best British Picture: 1947 — Odd Man Out; 1948— The Fallen Idol; 1949— The Third Man; 1950 — The Blue Lamp; 1951 — The Lavender Hill Mob; 1952 — Breaking the Sound Barrier; 1953 — Genevieve; 1954 — Hobson's Choice; 1955 — Richard III; 1956 — Reach for the Sky; 1957 — The Bridge on the River Kwai; 1958 — Room at the Top; 1959 — Sapphire. The Best Documentary Picture: 1947 — The World Is Rich; 1948 — The Louisiana Story; 1949 — Daybreak in Udi; 1950 — The Undefeated; 1951 — Beaver Valley; 1952 — Royal Journey; 1953 — The Conquest of Everest; 1954 — The Great Adventure; 1955 — The Vanishing Prairie; 1956 — On the Bow¬ ery; 1957 — Journey Into Spring; 1958 — Glass; 1959 — Seven Cities of Antarctica. Special Award for Work Lying Outside the Feature and Documentary Fields: 1948 — Atomic Physics; 1949 — La Famille Martin; 1950 — The True Face of Japan (This Modern Age); 1951 — Gerald McBoing-Boing ; 1952 — Animated Genesis; 1953 — The Romance of Transportation; 1954 — Time Out of War; 1955 — The Bespoke Overcoat; 1956 — The Red Balloon; 1957 — A Chairy Tale; 1958 — The Children's Film Foundation; 1959 — This is the BBC. United Nations Award for the Best Picture Illustrating One or More Principles of the United Nations Charter: 1949 — The Search; 1950 — In¬ truder in the Dust; 1951 — Four in a Jeep; 1952 — Cry the Beloved Country; 1953 — World With¬ out End; 1954 — The Divided Heart; 1955 — Chil¬ dren of Hiroshima; 1956 — Race for Life; 1957 — The Length Documentary: 1959 — The Savage Eye. Happy Road; 1958— The Defiant Ones; 1959 — On the Beach. Robert Flaherty Award for the Best Feature Canadian Film Awards Chairman . Charles Topshee Management Canadian Film Institute 1762 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ont. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Charles Topshee, Canadian Film Institute, chair¬ man; Helen Wilson, Murray Tevlin, Roy Little (secretary to the Committee), representing the Canadian Film Institute; Walter B. Herbert, E. R. McEwen, representing The Canada Foundation; J. Roby Kidd, J. Alex Edmison, representing the Canadian Association for Adult Education; Graeme Fraser, Michael Spencer, representing The Associa¬ tion of Motion Picture Producers and Leboratories of Canada; Dr. W. L. Archer, representing Amateurs. GENERAL REGULATIONS I. Each film entered must be accompanied by a completed official entry form with entry fee attached. 149