1st Canadian Film Awards

Canadian film award ceremony April 2026 1st Canadian Film Awards April 27, 1949 Little Elgin Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario Robert Winters Canadian Film Awards 2nd The 1st Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 27, 1949 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The awards came into being at a May 1947 conference of forty-four organizations connected to the Canadian Association for Adult Education, where it was decided that awards should be given to distinguished Canadian radio programs and films. The awards should be similar in stature to the Governor General Awards for Literature, and they should raise standards in film and radio, help Canadians understand the work of Canadian artists and broadcasters, and recognize Canadian creative effort. It was eventually agreed that there would be Canadian Radio Awards, and Canadian Film Awards, and that the physical prizes would be Canadian paintings. For the first awards presentations, twenty-eight short films and one full-length film were entered. The prize to each winner was an original painting by a Canadian artist, valued at $50.00.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 5-7. The ceremony, which took place at Ottawa's Little Elgin Theatre, was hosted by politician Robert Winters. Winners Film of the Year: The Loon's Necklace — Crawley Films, F.R. Crawley producer and directorThe Loon's Necklace http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/loons-necklace screenculture.org CESIF 17 March 2023 Non-Theatrical, Live-Action (Documentary): Beans of Bounty — Shelley Films, Leon C. Shelly producer, Oscar C. Burritt directorBeans of Bounty http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/beans-bounty screenculture.org CESIF 5 April 2023Filmmaker: Oscar C. Burritt https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/filmmaker/oscar-c.-burritt amateurcinema.org University of Calgary 14 March 2023 Feeling of Hostility — National Film Board of Canada, Robert Anderson producer and directorFeeling of Hostility https://www.nfb.ca/film/feeling-of-hostility/ nfb.ca National Film Board of Canada 14 March 2023 Drug Addict — National Film Board of Canada, Robert Anderson producer and directorDrug Addict https://www.nfb.ca/film/drug-addict/ nfb.ca National Film Board of Canada 14 March 2023 Theatrical Short: Who Will Teach Your Child? — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker and Tom Daly producers, Stanley Jackson directorWho Will Teach Your Child? http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11897 onf-nfb.gc.ca National Film Board of Canada 17 March 2023 21 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121044848/http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11897 dead Theatrical Short, Honourable Mention: Canadian Cameo Series — Associated Screen Studios, Bernard Norrish producer, Gordon Sparling directorMagder Ted Handling Piers Morris Peter Canadian Film History: 1896 to 1938 https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-history-of-film-in-canada thecanadianencyclopedia.c The Canadian Encyclopedia 14 March 2023 Non-Theatrical, Animated: Chantons Noël — National Film Board of Canada, Jim MacKay producer, Jean-Paul Ladouceur directorChantons Noël https://www.onf.ca/film/chantons_noel/ onf.ca National Film Board of Canada 14 March 2023 Honourable Mention: Suite Two, A Memo to Oscar — Dorothy Burritt and Stanley Fox directorsFilm Record: Suite Two: A Memo to Oscar http://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/suite-two-a-memo-to-oscar amateurcinema.org University of Calgary 14 March 2023 Honourable Mention: Making a Life Mask — Louis Shore producer, Judith Crawley directorFilm Record: Making a Mask https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/making-a-life-mask amateurcinema.org University of Calgary 22 March 2023 Amateur: Not awarded Special Awards: - Dots and Loops, National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren producer and director — "in recognition of the experimental work of Norman McLaren in the field of animation".Dots http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10540 onf-nfb.gc.ca National Film Board of Canada 17 March 2023 17 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230317200702/http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10540 dead Loops http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=65912 onf-nfb.gc.ca National Film Board of Canada 17 March 2023 17 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230317200701/http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=65912 dead - Un homme et son péché (A Man and His Sin), Quebec Productions Corp., Paul L'Anglais producer — "for making a definite advance in Canadian film history".Sabourin Diane Un homme et son péché https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/un-homme-et-son-peche thecanadianencyclopedia.ca The Canadian Encyclopedia 22 March 2023 References Canadian 01 Category:1949 in Canada Category:1940s in Ottawa