5th Canadian Film Awards

The 5th Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 30, 1953 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Jacques DesBaillets.^[1]

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• Film of the Year: Tit-Coq — , Gratien Gélinas
• Theatrical Feature: Tit-Coq — , Gratien Gélinas
• Theatrical Short: The Bird Fancier (L'Homme aux oiseaux) — Bernard Devlin, Jean Palardy

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Honourable mention: — Jean Palardy

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• Non-Theatrical, Open: Angotee: Story of an Eskimo Boy — Douglas Wilkinson

Honourable mention: Age of the Beaver — Colin Low

Honourable mention: Birds That Eat — Quentin Brown

Honourable mention: Hot Hickory — Dan Gibson

Honourable mention: Neighbours — Norman McLaren

Honourable mention: A Phantasy — Norman McLaren

Honourable mention: The Power Within — Sally McDonald

Honourable mention: Romance of Transportation — Colin Low, Tom Daly

Honourable mention: The Son — Julian Biggs

• Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Shyness — Stanley Jackson

Honourable mention: Jeunesse rurale — Maurice Proulx

Honourable mention: Operation Budworm — Henri Michaud

Honourable mention: Western Wheat — Larry Gosnell

• Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Immediate Action — George Gorman

Honourable mention: Les Bouts d'chou — Crawley Films

Honourable mention: Calgary Stampede — Arthur Chetwynd

Honourable mention: High Powder — Jean-Pierre Sénécal

Honourable mention: The King's Man — Anson C. Moorehouse

Honourable mention: Rogerstone — Crawley Films

• Amateur: no winner

Honourable mention: Magic of the Tropics — S. Copeland

Honourable mention: Experiment in Animation — Michael A. Riche

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