1950 awards for Canadian film
The2nd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 19, 1950 to honour achievements in Canadian film.[1] The ceremony was hosted by Prime MinisterLouis St. Laurent.
The number of entries for this year's awards rose to 43, from 21 producers. Only one feature-length theatrical film was entered—Quebec Productions'Le Curé de village. The quality of all entries was so high, the jury could not choose a Film of the Year, instead opting to award Special Citations.[1]
- Honourable Mention:Summer Is for Kids —National Film Board of Canada,Sydney Newman producer,Stanley Jackson director[3]
- Honourable Mention:Children's Concert —National Film Board of Canada,Gudrun Parker producer and director[5]
- Honourable Mention:Zéro de conduite(Winter Blunderland) — Crawley Films,F. R. Crawley producer[7]
- Honourable Mention:In the Daytime — Stanley Fox, Peter Varley producers[9]
- -Primitive Artists of Haiti — Benoît and de Tonnancourt Films, Réal Benoît, André de Tonnancourt producers, "for its successful attempt to interpret other cultures and other peoples to Canadians".[10]
- -Begone Dull Care —National Film Board of Canada,Norman McLaren producer,Norman McLaren andEvelyn Lambart directors - "in recognition of the successful contribution of an experimental approach to filmmaking by Norman McLaren and his associates".[11]
- -Quebec Productions,Paul L'Anglais andRené Germain producers,[12] "for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada" (through its creation of the filmsThe Village Priest (Le Curé de Village),Whispering City/La Forteresse,A Man and His Sin (Un homme et son péché) andSéraphin).[13]
- The Canadian Heritage — Audio Pictures[14]
- Animules — Louis Shore[15]
- Borderline Cases —Associated Screen Studios,Bernard Norrish producer,Gordon Sparling director[16]
- Ballet Festival —National Film Board of Canada,Don Mulholland producer,Roger Blais director[17]
- Portrait — Robert Sparks, Phyllis Mawdsley
- A Mile Below the Wheat —Crawley Films, Gerald Moses director[18]
- The Rising Tide —National Film Board of Canada,James Beveridge producer,Jean Palardy director[19]
