8th Canadian Film Awards

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8th Canadian Film Awards
Date August 6, 1956
Location Avon Theatre, Stratford, Ontario
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Host Maurice Evans
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The 8th Canadian Film Awards were held on August 6, 1956 to honour achievements in Canadian film.[1] The ceremony was hosted by actor Maurice Evans.

This year, the event was held in Stratford for three reasons. The Stratford Festival was celebrating its third year, Tyrone Guthrie's Oedipus Rex, the filmed version of the Stratford Festival's production, was the only feature-length film made in Canada in 1956, and Stratford was planning the new international Stratford Film Festival. This was also the year that television awards were introduced.[1]

Winners

Honorable Mention: The ShepherdJulian Biggs producer and director[3]
Special Mention: The Jolifou InnNational Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Colin Low director[4]
Honorable Mention: Monkey on the BackNational Film Board of Canada, Grant McLean producer, Julian Biggs director[6]
Honorable Mention: L'AlpinismeNational Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Rollo Gamble director[7]
Honorable Mention: Les Aboiteaux (The Dikes)National Film Board of Canada, Roger Blais producer and director[9]
Special Mention: Face of SaskatchewanCrawley Films, F.R. Crawley and J. Stanley Moore producers[10]
Honorable Mention: Huff and PuffNational Film Board of Canada, Frank Spiller producer, Graham Crabtree director[12]
Special Mention: Identity — Nova Scotia Film Bureau, Margaret Perry director[13]
Special Mention: Harvest in the ValleyNational Film Board of Canada, Larry Gosnell producer and director[14]
  • Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Not awarded
Honorable Mention: Miracle of the Bees — Carey Studios[15]
Honorable Mention: Sibling Relations and PersonalityCrawley Films, Stanley Jackson producer and director[16]
Special Mention: The Revolution Is NowCrawley Films, Peter Cock producer and director[17]
Special Mention: Jamboree — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer[18]
  • Amateur: Calgary Stampede — Jack W. Ruddell director[19]
Honorable Mention: Fox Hunting in Canada — Walter Lynch director[20]
Honorable Mention: Mexico - Land of Contrast — Norman Cowan and George Herman directors[21]
Special Mention: Experiment in Animation — Donna Martinez

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 33-35.
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