23rd Canadian Film Awards

23rd Canadian Film Awards
23rd Canadian Film Awards
Date	October 1, 1971
Location	Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by	Leslie Nielsen
Highlights
Best Picture	Mon oncle Antoine

The 23rd Canadian Film Awards were held on October 1, 1971 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Leslie Nielsen.

Winners

Films

Best Picture: Mon oncle Antoine — Marc Beaudet
Documentary Over 30 Minutes: Les Philharmonistes — Yves Leduc
Documentary Under 30 Minutes: The Sea — Bané Jovanovic
Theatrical Short: Don't Knock the Ox — Tony Ianzelo
Animated: Evolution — Michael Mills
Arts and Experimental: Essai à la mille — Jean-Claude Labrecque; Found Sculpture: Victor Tinkl — Christopher Homer
TV Drama: The Megantic Outlaw — Ron Kelly
TV Information: The Human Journey: The Early Years — Jerry Lawton
Nature and Wildlife: Temples of Time — William Canning
Travel and Recreation: Alberta: Under the Sun — C. N. Ross, Eric Jensen; Ski de Fond, Roger Rochat
Public Relations: Shebandowan: A Summer Place — Lee Gordon, Donald Haldane
Sales Promotion: Containerization — Brant E. Ducey
Training and Instruction: It Starts at the Top — Chetwynd Films

Feature craft

Actor: Jean Duceppe, Mon oncle Antoine
Actress: Ann Knox, The Only Thing You Know
Supporting Actor: Danny Freedman, Fortune and Men's Eyes
Supporting Actress: Olivette Thibault, Mon oncle Antoine
Art Direction: Alexander Kuznetsov, Tiki Tiki
Cinematography: Michel Brault, Mon oncle Antoine
Direction: Claude Jutra, Mon oncle Antoine
Editing: Douglas Robertson, Fortune and Men's Eyes
Sound Editing: no award
Musical Score: Jean Cousineau, Mon oncle Antoine
Screenplay: Clément Perron, Mon oncle Antoine
Sound: Roger Lamoureux, Mon oncle Antoine

Non-feature craft

Actor: Colin Fox, Durham and the Two Nations
Actress: Carole Lazare, The Megantic Outlaw
Art Direction: Richard Lambert, The Magnificent Gift
Black & White Cinematography: Ron Hallis and Snak Zatoli, Toni, Randi and Marie
Colour Cinematography: Bill Mason, Death of a Legend
Direction: Michael McKennirey, Atonement
Editing: John Sannen, Genetics: Man the Creator
Sound Editing: Serge Beauchemin, Les Philharmonistes
Musical Score: Larry Crosley, Seasons in the Mind
Screenplay: Don Arioli, Propaganda Message and Hot Stuff
Non-Dramatic Script: Claude Péloquin, L'Homme nouveau
Sound Recording: Dan Gibson, Sounds of Nature
Sound Re-Recording: Film House, North of Superior

Special awards

Special Award: Multiscreen Corporation
Special Award: Clarke Mackey, The Only Thing You Know
John Drainie Award: Lister Sinclair

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. 93-95.

[topalovich-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. 93-95.

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