12th Canadian Film Awards

The 12th Canadian Film Awards were held on June 3, 1960 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Albert Trueman, the director of the Canada Council.

Winners[]

Films[]

• Theatrical Short: Royal River — Gordon Sparling
• Arts and Experimental: Les Bateaux de neige — Jacques Giraldeau
• TV Information: Bad Medicine — F. R. Crawley

Man of Kintail — Arthur Chetwynd

• Film for Children: Tales of the Riverbank — Riverbank Productions

The Chairmaker and the Boys — Tim Wilson

• Travel and Recreation: Pressure Golf — F. R. Crawley
• General Information: A Is for Architecture — Gerald Budner, Robert Verrall
• Public Relations: It's People That Count — F. R. Crawley
• Sales Promotion: Hosiery Facts and Fashions — Richard Jarvis
• Training and Instruction: Introduction to Jet Engines — René Jodoin

Radiation — Hugh O'Connor

• Filmed Commercial: "Duet" — John Ross
• Amateur: Paperchase — University of British Columbia

Special awards[]

• Arthur Chetwynd, Chetwynd Films — "for dedicated service in the interest of Canadian filmmakers as an executive officer of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada"
• Joseph Morin, Ciné-Photographic Branch, Government of Quebec — "for over forty years of service to Canadian filmmaking in the fields of production, distribution and exhibition"

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