Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1978)

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Best Animated Film Spinolio Director: John Weldon Best Theatrical Short Film Spartree Director: Phillip Borsos Best TV Drama Film Dreamspeaker Director: Claude Jutra FEATURE FILMS — CRAFT AWARDS Best Director Jean Beaudin J.A. Martin, photographe Best Film Editing Co-winners: Jean Beaudin/Helen Girard J.A. Martin, photographe John Kramer One Man Best Cinematography Pierre Mignot J.A. Martin, Photographe Best Screenplay — Original Robin Spry/Peter Pearson/Peter Madden One Man Best Screenplay — Adaptation James DeFelice Why Shoot the Teacher Best Sound Recording Claude Hazanavicius One Man Best Sound Editing Les Halman/Ken Page One Man Best Sound Re-recording Jean-Pierre Joutel J.A. Martin, photographe Original Music Score Paul Hoffert Outrageous Best Art Direction Vianney Gauthier J.A. Martin, photographe Best Performance — Actor Len Cariou One Man Best Performance — Actress Monique Mercure J.A. Martin, photographe Best Supporting Actor Jean Lapointe One Man Best Supporting Actress Carol Lazare One Man SPECIAL AWARDS The Grierson Award Fernand Dansereau The Wendy Michener Award Zale R. Dalen For his feature film Skip Tracer Special Award of the Judging Group Ralph Thomas who has increased the stature of film drama on television in Canada OTHER FILMS — CRAFT AWARDS Best Direction Claude Jutra Dreamspeaker Best Film Editing Marty Gross Potters at Work Best Cinematography Tim Sale/Dave Geddes/Ron Orieux/Jeff Mart Spartree Best Screenplay — Original or Adaptation Cam Hubert Dreamspeaker Best Non-Dramatic Script Donald Brittain Henry Ford’s America Best Sound Recording Fred Easton/Chris Aikenhead/ Michael Chechik Greenpeace: Voyages to Save the Whales Best Sound Editing Raymond Hall Spartree Best Sound Re-recording Barry Jones Spartree AWARDS AND FESTIVALS Best Original Music Score Jean Cousineau Dreamspeaker Best Art Direction Evelyn Roth Woven in Time Best Performance — Actor George Clutesi Dreamspeaker Best Performance — Actress Marina Dimakopoulos Happiness is Loving Your Teacher Best Supporting Actor or Actress Jacques Hubert Dreamspeaker CANADIAN FILM AND TELEVISION ASSOCIATION AWARDS 1977 Chairman: Michael Smith CATEGORY AWARDS Public Relations Chetwynd Films Don’t Forget to Smile Sales Promotion Canawest Films Under the Polar Sky Travel and Recreation Crawley Films Winterfun Canada Nature and Wildlife Crawley Films The Narwhals Came Sports Mediavision Behind the Scene — National Finals Rodeo Educational and Instructional Insight Productions The Whole Body Manual TV Information/Public Affairs Greenpeace Film Greenpeace — Voyages to Save the Whales SPECIAL JURY AWARD Greenpeace — Voyages to Save the Whales Greenpeace Film CRAFT AWARDS Direction Kelly Duncan Under the Polar Sky nae