Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1958)

Best Years of Our Lives; 1948—Hamlet; 1949— The Bicycle Thief; 1950—AIl About Eve; 1951— La Ronde; 1952—Breaking the Sound Barrier; 1953—Jeux Interdits; 1954—Le Salaire de la Peur; 1955—Richard Ill; 1956—Gervaise. 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 Ill; 1956—Reach for the Sky. 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; ery. Special Award for Work Lying Outside the Feature and Documentary Fields: 1948—Atomic Physics; 1949—La Famille Martin; 1950—The True 1956—On the Bow Face of Japan [This Modern Agel; 1951— Gerald McBoing-Boing; 1952—Animated Gensis; 1953—The Romance of Transportation; 1954— Time Out of War; 1955—The Bespoke Overcoat; 1956—The Red Balloon. United Nations Award for the Best Picture Ilustrating One or More Principles of the United Nations Charter: 1949—The Search; 1950—Intruder in the Dust; 1951—Four in a Jeep; 1952 —Cry, the Beloved Country; 1953—World Without End; 1954—The Divided Heart; 1955—Children of Hiroshima; 1956—Race for Life. Canadian Film Awards Chairman cocmee Charles Topshee Management .. Canadian Film Institute (142 Sparks St., Ottawa 4, Ont., CE. 3-6259) MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Charles Topshee, Canadian Film Institute, chairman; Helen Wilson, Murray Tevlin, Peter Hopwood (secretary to the Committee), representing the Canadian Film Institute; Walter B. Herbert, E. R. McEwen, representing The Canada Foundation; J. Roby Kidd, Maud Ferguson, Jack Williams, representing the Canadian Association for Adult Education; Graeme Fraser, Ralph Foster, representing The Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada; and Michael Spencer, representing the National Film Board. GENERAL REGULATIONS 1, Each film entered must be accompanied by a completed official entry form with entry fee attached. 2. All films must be produced Canadian producers. 3. Films must have been produced, or released generally, during the year being judged. 4. A film may be entered in only one class. 5. The committee reserves the right to place in Canada by any entry in the most suitable class after consultation with the producer. 6. Entries in the non-theatrical class must be on 16 mm. stock. 7. No award will be made in any class if the judges feel that the entries do not reach a suitable standard. 8. The adjudication of the entries by the judges is final. JUDGES The panels of judges are composed of men and women who are qualified to make evaluations, while not being connected in any way with any film submitted. In the formation of each panel, recognition has been given to the fact that both French and English films will be entered. The judges, in making the awards, will assess the overall effectiveness of the film. They will take into account such factors as: The aim of the film and how well it is achieved; its unity and clarity; the direction, editing, quality of script, photography, sound track, titles, animation, music, etc. The Management Committee may from time to time grant special awards for other outstanding achievement in the motion picture field. AWARDS The judges may recommend a Canadian Film of the Year Award to the film which represents the highest achievement of the year; a First Award to the film judged best in each class; and an Honorable Mention to a film which is worthy of recognition but does not qualify for a First Award. The trophy of the Association of Motion Picture. Producers and Laboratories of Canada goes to the best amateur film of the year. Canadian Film Awards, 1957 FILM OF THE YEAR CITY OF GOLD, produced by the National Film Board. It is a ''dramatic account of life in Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush 2 told through the use of old photographs taken in 1899; . . . combined with present-day scenes of Dawson City to give a nostalgic portrait."' SPECIAL AWARD To IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED for “its encouragement of high standards in Canadian film production'' through “‘sponsorship of such distinguished films as The Loon's Necklace, Newfoundland Scene, The Seasons and Legend of the Raven." 155 THEATRICAL THE SCEPTRE AND THE MACE, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, ‘'for excellent historical documentation of the role of the Crown in Canada's parliamentary institutions."* NON-THEATRICAL ARTS AND EXPERIMENTAL LEGEND OF THE RAVEN, produced by Crawley Films Limited of Ottawa, ‘for its imaginative interpretation of an uniquely Canadian subject."' A CHAIRY TALE, produced by the National Film Board, ‘‘for originality and wit in the field of experimental! film making."*