7th Canadian Film Awards

The 7th Canadian Film Awards were announced in 1955 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] Due to organizational constraints, the award organizers did not plan or stage a ceremony this year, instead announcing the winners solely by press release.

Winners[]

Films[]

• Film of the Year: The Stratford Adventure —
• Theatrical Documentary: The Stratford Adventure —
• Theatrical Short: no winner

Honorable Mention: — Grant McLean

• Non-Theatrical, Open: Riches of the Earth — Sidney Goldsmith

Honorable Mention: One Little Indian — Grant Munro

• Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Gift of the Glaciers — K. Hutchinson

Honorable Mention: The Homeless Ones — Leslie McFarlane

• Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Where None Shall Trust —

Honorable Mention: It's in the Cards — George Gorman

• Special Mentions:

Castors de Québec — Guernand Film Co.

Corral — Colin Low

Each Year They Come — Francis J. S. Holmes

The Grievance — Morten Parker

Look to the Centre — Sally McDonald

Le Médécin du nord — Jean Palardy

Movie Manners — University of Toronto Film Society

Nature in a City Lot — A. E. Phillips

No Time to Spare — Chetwynd Films

On the Broom — Briston Films

Tools of Plenty — PGA Films

Va-t-en jour — Lou Soucy

Special awards[]

• — "in recognition of his valuable contribution over the years in the field of motion pictures in Canada, and particularly his promotion of Canadian film archives"

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