9th Canadian Film Awards

The 9th Canadian Film Awards were held on June 15, 1957 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Leonard Brockington.

Due to dissatisfaction with the organization of the awards, there were no awards presented in almost any of the traditional film categories; instead, an increased number of special awards were given to individuals and organizations, and only the Amateur Film award was presented to films.^[2]

Winners[]

• John Grierson — "in recognition of his unique contribution to Canada's filmmaking and art industry"
• Yorkton Film Council — "in recognition of its distinguished international film festival, which demonstrates the contribution of the film council movement in Canada"
• — "for its initiative in developing a program of training young personnel to meet the demands of Canada's growing film industry"
• Crawley Films — "in recognition of the company's distinguished production program in the field of educational films"
• — "for his pioneering in the inspirational aspects of Canadian filmmaking"
• F. R. Crawley and Judith Crawley — "for their unique contribution to Canada's filmmaking and art industry"
• Lew Parry — "for his distinguished leadership in the development of a Canadian film industry"
• — "for more than a quarter century of photographing and editing Canadian newsreels"
• — "for his notable encouragement of creative Canadian film production"
• Harold P. Brown, E. Fred Holliday and James R. Pollock — "for their pioneering work and their continued devotion to the development of Canadian films in education"
• Amateur: Prelude to Spring — Jack W. Ruddell (Honourable Mention: The Sugar Maple, Helen Webb-Smith)

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