11th Canadian Film Awards

The 11th Canadian Film Awards were held on June 5, 1959 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by , the president of the Canadian Public Relations Society.

Winners[]

Films[]

• Theatrical Short: Money Minters —

The Quest — , Stanley Jackson

The Tall Country — Lew Parry, Osmond Borradaile

• TV Information: Winter Crossing at l'Île-aux-Coudres — Pierre Perrault

One Day's Poison — Grant Munro

Blood and Fire — Terence Macartney-Filgate

• Travel and Recreation: Grey Cup Festival '58 — Arthur Chetwynd

Quetico — Christopher Chapman

• General Information: The Living Stone — John Feeney
• Public Relations: Saskatchewan, Our University — Edmund Reid
• Sales Promotion: Beauty to Live With — Edmund Reid
• Training and Instruction: Fire in Town — Julian Biggs
• Filmed Commercial: "Du Maurier Cigarettes" — Richard Jarvis
• Amateur: Watch Out — Jack Ruddell

Pinoke — J. S. Grassick

Special awards[]

• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — "for its encouragement of the appreciation of good filmmaking over the years through Gerald Pratley's two weekly radio programs, The Movie Scene and Music from the Films"
• Dean Walker — "for encouragement of high standards in Canadian film production through his articles"

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