Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1970)

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Record Details:

Title:
Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Date:
1970
Volume:
Canadian Film and TV Bi-Weekly 1970-71 Year Book [of the] Canadian Entertainment Industry
Leaf #:
000119
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Yearbook",Canad
Collection:
Canada, Hollywood Studio System, Global Cinema, and Year Book
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Canadian Media Magazines Project, Paul Moore and Jessica Whitehead
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:

Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry

Editor: Hye Bossin (1951-64)

Renamed Canadian Film & TV Bi-Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Entertainment Industry (1965-70, editor: Stan Helleur)

Hye Bossin was central in the 1950s to the creation of the Canadian Film Archive, the Canadian Film Awards, and he wrote some of the first histories of early cinema in Canada, published in the first volumes of the annual Canadian Film Weekly Year Book (1951-1970), an annual directory appendix to Bossin’s editorship at Canadian Film Weekly (1942-1970), owned by Nat Taylor’s Film Publications of Canada, Ltd. Early volumes included several significant historical essays under his byline, remarkably comprehensive and still cited today. Later volumes provided an annual spotlight of the Canadian Picture Pioneers of the Year. In the late 1960s, after Bossin’s death, the magazine was renamed Canadian Film & TV Bi-Weekly, scaling back the pace of publishing but added a purview for television and broadcasting. The annual was renamed similarly, its subtitle amended to “Year Book of the Canadian Entertainment Industry.” When the Film Weekly was relaunched as Canadian Film Digest (1971-76), the publication continued to include an annual, Canadian Film Digest Yearbook (1971-86), which was subsequently renamed Film Canada Yearbook (1986-2007).

– Paul Moore, March 2024

Further Reading

  • Bossin, Hye. “Canada and the Film: The Story of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry.” In Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry, 21-41. Toronto: Film Publications of Canada, 1951.
  • ———. “At the Very Beginning, The Holland Brothers of Ottawa Ushered in the World Motion Picture Industry.” In Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry, 45-49. Toronto: Film Publications of Canada, 1952.
  • ———. “The Story of L. Ernest Ouimet, Pioneer.” In Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry, 23-43. Toronto: Film Publications of Canada, 1952.

Date Added:
April 11, 2024
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Canadian Film Awards 1762 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ont. Chairman «oe Walter Herbert Management ... .. Canadian Film Institute MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Graydon Roberts, Gordon Noble, A. L. Hepworth, representing the Canadian Film Institute; Walter B. Herbert, Alan Clarke, John Robertson, representing the Canada Foundation; J. Roby Kidd, Alan Thomas, Shirley Cull, representing the Canadian Association for Adult Education; Michael Spencer, Robert Crone, representing The Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada. 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 by 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 any entry in the most suitable class after consultation with the producer. 6. No award will be made in any class if the judges feel that the entries do not reach a suitable standard. 7. 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 Certificate of Merit to the film judged best in each class. Awards for the best black-and-white and color cinematography are presented by the Canadian Society of Cinematographers. Awards for best directing and best editing are presented by the Directors Guild of Canada. Canadian Film Awards, 1970 BEST FEATURE FILM GOING DOWN THE ROAD, produced by Don Shebib. FILM OF THE YEAR PSYCHOCATRIE, produced by the National Film Board. BEST ACTOR DOUG McGRATH and PAUL BRADLEY (tied) for Goin’ Down The Road, produced by Don Shebib. BEST ACTRESS GENEVIEVE BUJOLD for The Act Of The Heart, produced by Paul Almond. BEST DIRECTOR PAUL ALMOND, for The Act Of The Heart. BEST SPPPORTING ACTOR GRATIEN GELNIAS for Red. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FERNANDE HEROUX for Red. JOHN DRAINIE AWARD HARRY J. BOYLE for distinguished service to broadcasting. BEST DOCUMENTARY (under 30 mins.) WILD AFRICA, produced by William Banting and John Livingston for the CBC. 116 BEST DOCUMENTARY (over 30 mins.) KW-PLUS, produced by Aimee Danis. BEST FILM (under 30 mins.) BLAKE, produced by Bill Mason for the NFB. BEST FILM (over 30 mins.) A MATTER OF FAT, produced by William Weintraub for the NFB. BEST ANIMATED FILM PSYCHOATRIE, produced by Bretislav Pojar for the NFB. WENDY MICHENER AWARD JEAN-PIERRE LEFEBVRE, in recognition of highest artistic achievement in the Canadian film industry. BEST FEATURE CINEMATOGRAPHY BERNARD CHENTRIER for Red, produced by Gille Carre. BEST ORGINAL MUSIC HARRY FREEDMAN, for The Act Of The Heart, produced by Paul Almond. BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY WILLIAM FRUET, for Goin’ Down The Road, produced by Don Shebib.