4th Canadian Film Awards

The 4th Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 27, 1952 to honour achievements in Canadian film.[1]

4th Canadian Film Awards
DateApril 27, 1952
LocationVictoria Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted bySidney Earle Smith

This year's submissions were 20 documentaries and 50 films, including five full-length features, three of them French-language. Several changes were made; categories were expanded, the jury screenings were moved to Montreal, and more French-speaking judges were included. Also, the awards ceremony was moved from Ottawa to Toronto; this year's host was University of Toronto president Sidney Earle Smith.[1]

Winners

Films
Honourable Mention: La petite Aurore, l'enfant martyre (Little Aurore's Tragedy) — L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne, Jean-Yves Bigras director[4]
Honourable Mention: The Fruitful Earth — Associated Screen Studios, Bernard Norrish producer, Gordon Sparling director[6]
Honourable Mention: The Man in the Peace Tower — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Roger Blais director[7]
Honourable Mention: Struggle for Oil — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Ronald Dick director[8]
Honourable Mention: The Longhouse People — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Allan Wargon director[10]
Honourable Mention: Les moines de Saint-Benoît (Monastery) — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Roger Blais director[11]
Honourable Mention: Ski à Québec — Service de ciné-photographie de la province de Québec, Abbé Maurice Proulx producer and director[13]
  • Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Packaged Power — Crawley Films, Quentin Brown producer[14]
  • Amateur: A Camper and His Canoe — David Palter producer and director[15]
Honourable Mention: Cours primaire de français — French Ciné Club, University of Toronto[16]
Honourable Mention: Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot — Victoria, B.C. Movie Club, Douglas Flintoff director[17]

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. 17-19.
  2. "Newfoundland Scene : A Tale of Outport Adventure". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. "Royal Journey". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. "L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne". collections.tiff.net. Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  5. "Opera School". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  6. "Opera School". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. "The Man in the Peace Tower". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. "Struggle for Oil". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  9. "Newfoundland Scene : A Tale of Outport Adventure". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  10. "The Longhouse People". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. "Monastery". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  12. "Mile-Made". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  13. "Ski à Québec". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  14. "Packaged Power". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  15. "Film Record: Camper and His Canoe, A". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  16. "Film Record: Cours primaire de français". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  17. "Film Record: Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot, The". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  18. "Around is Around". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  19. "Now is the Time". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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