15th Canadian Film Awards

15th Canadian Film Awards
Date	May 10, 1963
Location	Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec
Hosted by	Jeanine Beaubien
Highlights
Film of the Year	Lonely Boy
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The 15th Canadian Film Awards were held on May 10, 1963 to honour achievements in Canadian film.

This year saw a new record in film submissions: 175 productions from 44 producers, with the greatest increases in the TV Information and Travel and Recreation categories. As one in five submissions was a French-language film, more bi-lingual judges were added and, for the first time, the Canadian Society of Cinematographers joined the CFA.

The event took place in Montreal and returned to being a publicly-attended gala, hosted by Montreal International Theatre founder Jeanine Beaubien. ^[1]

Films

• Film of the Year: Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors ^[2]
• Feature Film: No entries submitted
• Theatrical Short: Nahanni — National Film Board of Canada, Donald Wilder director ^[3]
• Arts and Experimental: Jour après jour(Day After Day) — National Film Board of Canada, Fernand Dansereau, Victor Jobin, Hubert Aquin producers, Clément Perron director ^[4]
• TV Information: Listen with Your Eyes — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Philip Keatley producer and director

Les Annanacks — National Film Board of Canada, René Bonnière producer and director ^[5]

• TV Entertainment: Not awarded
• Films for Children: Fantastique — National Film Board of Canada, Jacques Bobet producer, Fernand Rivard director ^[6]

The Climates of North America — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig director ^[7]

• Travel and Recreation: Grey Cup Festival '62 — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer and director

Wilderness Treasure — Wilber Sutherland, Bill Mason producers, Bill Mason director ^[8]

• General Information: Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors ^[9]
• Public Relations: Arctic Island Wildcat — Spence Crilly Film Productions, Spence Crilly producer and director ^[10]
• Sales Promotion: Partners in Progress — Crawley Films, James Turpie producer and director ^[11]

Patterns — Williams Drege & Hill, Colin Y. Smith director ^[12]

• Training and Instruction: Mathematics at Your Fingertips — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig producer, John Howe director ^[13]
• Filmed Commercial, Company or Product: Kraft Strawberry — Rabko Television Productions, Don McLean producer
• Filmed Commercial, Public Service: Not awarded
• Amateur: Cathy — Peter Gerretsen director ^[14]

Certificate of Merit: Poison — Derek A. Davy, Maurice Stevens directors ^[15]

Non-Feature Craft Awards

Black and White Cinematography: Guy Borremans — Jour après jour(Day After Day) (NFB)

Colour Cinematography: Donald Wilder , Nahanni (NFB)

Honourable Mention: Christopher Chapman, Saguenay (Crawley Films) ^[16]

Special Awards

Four-Line Conics, (NFB) Trevor Fletcher director — "in recognition of its imaginative and experimental illustration of a specialized mathematical concept". ^[17]

Dorothy Burritt and Oscar Burritt — "for pioneering work over three decades for the development and appreciation of film in Canada".

Gaudry Delisle — "for his many years of devoted service for the promotion of a wider understanding and better use of films for educational purposes"

References

1. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN   0-7737-3238-1. pp. 61-63.
2. Townend, Paul; Mcintosh, Andrew. "Canadian Film Awards". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
3. "Nahanni". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
4. "Day After Day". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
5. "The Annanacks". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
6. "Fantastique". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
7. "The Climates of North America". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
8. "Wilderness Treasure". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
9. "Lonely Boy". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
10. "George Spencer Crilly, Calgary, Alberta". digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca. University of Calgary. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
11. "Partners in Progress". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
12. "Patterns". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
13. "Mathematics at Your Fingertips". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
14. "Cathy". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
15. "Poison". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
16. "Saguenay". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
17. "Four-Line Conics". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2023.