2nd Canadian Film Awards

2nd Canadian Film Awards
Date	April 19, 1950
Location	Little Elgin Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario
Hosted by	Louis St. Laurent
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The 2nd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 19, 1950 to honour achievements in Canadian film. ^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Prime Minister Louis 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]

Winners

• Film of the Year: Not awarded
• Theatrical Short: La terre de Caïn (North Shore) — National Film Board of Canada, James Beveridge producer, Pierre Petel director ^[2]

Honourable Mention: Summer Is for Kids — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Stanley Jackson director ^[3]

• Non-Theatrical, Open: Family Circles — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker and Tom Daly producers, Morten Parker director ^[4]

Honourable Mention: Children's Concert — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker producer and director ^[5]

• Non-Theatrical, Sponsored: Science at Your Service — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Ronald Dick director ^[6]

Honourable Mention: Zéro de conduite(Winter Blunderland) — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer ^[7]

• Amateur: Mouvement perpétuel (Perpetual Movement) — Claude Jutra producer and director ^[8]

Honourable Mention: In the Daytime — Stanley Fox, Peter Varley producers ^[9]

• Special Awards:

- 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 and Evelyn 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 and René Germain producers, ^[12] "for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada" (through its creation of the films The Village Priest (Le Curé de Village), Whispering City / La Forteresse , A Man and His Sin (Un homme et son péché) and Séraphin ). ^[13]

• Special Citations:

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]

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. 9-11.
2. "North Shore". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
3. "Summer is for Kids". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
4. "Family Circles". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
5. "Children's Concert". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
6. "Science at Your Service". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
7. "Zéro de conduite = Winter Blunderland". recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
8. "Film Record: Mouvement perpétuel". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
9. "Film Record: In the Daytime". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
10. "Primitive Artists of Haiti". worldcat.org. WorldCat. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
11. "Begone Dull Care". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
12. "Quebec Productions". cinemaparlantquebec.ca. Cinema in Quebec. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
13. Herbert Whittaker, "Show Business". The Globe and Mail , April 15, 1950.
14. "The Canadian Heritage". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
15. "Animules". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
16. "Borderline Cases". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
17. "Ballet Festival". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
18. "A Mile Below the Wheat". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
19. "The Rising Tide". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.