2nd Canadian Film Awards

The 2nd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 19, 1950 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.^[1]

Winners[]

• Theatrical Short: North Shore (La Terre de Cain) — James Beveridge

Honourable mention: — Stanley Jackson

• Non-Theatrical, Open: Family Circles —

Honourable mention: Children's Concert — Gudrun Parker

• Non-Theatrical, Sponsored: Science at Your Service — Ronald Dick

Honourable mention: Zero for Conduct — F. R. Crawley

• Amateur: Perpetual Movement (Mouvement perpétuel) — Claude Jutra

Honourable mention: In the Daytime — Stanley Fox, Peter Varley

• Special Awards: Primitive Artists of Haiti — Réal Benoît, André de Tonnancourt ("for its successful attempt to interpret other cultures and other peoples to Canadians")

Begone Dull Care — Norman McLaren ("in recognition of the successful contribution of an experimental approach to filmmaking by Norman McLaren and his associates")

and of ("for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada")

• Special Citations:

The Canadian Heritage — Audio Films

Animules — Louis Shore

Borderline Cases — Associated Screen Studios

Ballet Festival — National Film Board of Canada

Portrait — Robert Sparks, Phyllis Mawdsley

A Mile Below the Wheat — Gerald Moses

The Rising Tide — National Film Board of Canada

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