7th Canadian Film Awards
| 7th Canadian Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1955 |
The 7th Canadian Film Awards were announced in 1955 to honour achievements in Canadian film.[1] Due to organizational constraints, the award organizers did not plan or stage a ceremony this year, instead announcing the winners solely by press release.
Winners
Films
- Film of the Year: The Stratford Adventure — Morten Parker
- Theatrical Documentary: The Stratford Adventure — Morten Parker
- Theatrical Short: no winner
- Honorable Mention: High Tide in Newfoundland — Grant McLean
- Non-Theatrical, Open: Riches of the Earth — Sidney Goldsmith
- Honorable Mention: One Little Indian — Grant Munro
- Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Gift of the Glaciers — K. Hutchinson
- Honorable Mention: The Homeless Ones — Leslie McFarlane
- Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Where None Shall Trust — Anson C. Moorehouse
- Honorable Mention: It's in the Cards — George Gorman
- Special Mentions:
- Castors de Québec — Guernand Film Co.
- Corral — Colin Low
- Each Year They Come — Francis J. S. Holmes
- The Grievance — Morten Parker
- Look to the Centre — Sally McDonald
- Le Médécin du nord — Jean Palardy
- Movie Manners — University of Toronto Film Society
- Nature in a City Lot — A. E. Phillips
- No Time to Spare — Chetwynd Films
- On the Broom — Briston Films
- Tools of Plenty — PGA Films
- Va-t-en jour — Lou Soucy
Special awards
- Hye Bossin — "in recognition of his valuable contribution over the years in the field of motion pictures in Canada, and particularly his promotion of Canadian film archives"
References
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 29-31.