17th Canadian Film Awards

The 17th Canadian Film Awards were held on May 15, 1965 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Max Ferguson.

Winners[]

Films[]

• Best Feature Film: The Luck of Ginger Coffey — Leon Roth
• Arts and Experimental: Canon — Norman McLaren

— Jacques Godbout

• TV Information: Summer in Mississippi — Beryl Fox
• TV Entertainment: — Ron Kelly
• Film for Children: — Denys Arcand
• Travel and Recreation: Upper Canada Village — Moreland-Latchford Productions

Valley of the Swans — Government of British Columbia Photographic Branch

• General Information: Caroline — Georges Dufaux, Clément Perron

Some Are Sunfishers - Arthur Chetwynd

• Public Relations: Something Personal — Master Films
• Sales Promotion: A Solid Investment — Williams, Drege & Hill
• Training and Instruction: The Perception of Orientation — Grahame Parker, Jacques Parent
• Filmed Commercial, Company or Product: Rose Brand Pickles, "Obsession" — Robert Lawrence Productions
• Filmed Commercial, Public Service: Money Buried — Grant McLean
• Amateur: Portrait of Lydia — John Straiton

Kente — Gordon Rose

Restless Journey — Hugh Grieg

The World Is Our Classroom — Helen Webb-Smith, Doris Kerr

Craft[]

• Black and White Cinematography: Jean-Claude Labrecque,
• Colour Cinematography: Francis Chapman and Christopher Chapman,

Special awards[]

• Larry Kent, Sweet Substitute — "for the very great promise and already substantial accomplishment clearly shown by director and actors alike, and for the sensitive and imaginative handling of the story"

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