The 3rd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 22, 1951, to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

Stoddart Publishing Stoddart Publishing was a Canadian book publisher and distributor, owned by Jack Stoddart, which ceased operations in 2002. History In 1967, General Publishing purchased the Musson imprint, based in Canada, from British publisher Hodder & Stough ...

, 2000. . pp. 13-15. The ceremony was hosted by

Mary Pickford Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American film actress and producer. A Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, pioneer in the American film industry with a Hollywood care ...

. This year, the selection process was changed; specialized judging panels assessed theatrical, non-theatrical and amateur entries, and judges were given more detailed instructions. Due to budget constraints, the physical prizes were printed certificates. At the dinner before the awards presentation, Fred Dillon of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association presented Dominion archivist Dr. William Kaye Lamb with a letter from

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, ...

. In the letter, dated May 1, 1894, Edison thanked Ottawa businessmen George Holland and Andrew Holland for successfully using his Kinetoscope (the precursor of the projector) to exhibit a film. Pickford, a director of the

Edison Pioneers The Edison Pioneers was an organization composed of former employees of Thomas Edison who had worked with the inventor in his early years. Membership was limited to people who had worked closely with Edison before 1885. On February 11, 1918, the Ed ...

, received a copy of the letter for presentation to the Edison Museum in New Jersey.

Winners

* Film of the Year: ''Not awarded'' *Theatrical Short: ''Après le bagne'' ''( After Prison, What?)'' —

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...

, Gil LaRoche producer,

Ron Weyman Ronald Charles Tosh Weyman (December 13, 1915 – June 26, 2007) was a British-born Canadian film and television director and producer."RON WEYMAN, 91 SAILOR, PRODUCER, PAINTER AND NOVELIST: Pioneer filmmaker turned hard-hitting social issues into ...

director *Non-Theatrical, Open: ''Feelings of Depression'' —

, Tom Daly producer,

Stanley Jackson Stanley Jackson may refer to: * Stanley Jackson (cricketer) (1870–1947), English cricketer and politician * Stanley Jackson (gridiron football) (born 1975), quarterback * Stan Jackson (quarterback), quarterback for Cal Poly Pomona, set college fo ...

director ::Honourable Mention: ''The Oyster-Man'' —

, Michael Spencer producer,

Julian Biggs Julian Biggs (1920–1972) was a director and producer with the National Film Board of Canada and its first Director of English Production. Over the course of his 20-year career, he created 146 films, two of which (''Herring Hunt'' (1953) and '' ...

and Jean Palardy directors *Amateur: ''Not awarded'' ::Honourable Mention: ''Parking on This Side'' — University of Toronto Film Society,

Michel Sanouillet Michel Sanouillet (21 September 1924 – 14 June 2015) was a French art historian and one of the foremost specialists of the Dada movement. Born in 1924 in Montélimar, Drôme, where he completed his public and high school education, Sanouillet j ...

director ::Honourable mention: ''Frontiersman'' —

Crawley Films Crawley () is a town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a populat ...

, Emmanuel J. Heuer producer *Special Awards: ::-

Léo-Ernest Ouimet Léo-Ernest Ouimet (March 16, 1877 – March 2, 1972) was a Canadian film pioneer. He was a theater operator, filmmaker, producer, and distributor. Early life Léo-Ernest Ouimet was born in St. Martin, Quebec, on 16 March 1877. He dropped out o ...

— "for outstanding contributions to film in Canada as a pioneer distributor, exhibitor, producer, and cameraman" ::- ''Sitzmarks the Spot'', Associated Screen Studios,

Bernard Norrish Associated Screen News of Canada (ASN) was a Montreal-based film production company which, from the mid-1920s to the 1950s, was the largest private film production company in Canada. Background The first-ever sponsored film, the precursor of both ...

producer,

Gordon Sparling Gordon Sparling (1900-1994) was a pioneering Canadian filmmaker. He was educated at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. He directed such early Canadian films as '' Rhapsody in Two Languages'' in 1934, '' The Tidy House (La maison en ord ...

director — "for an outstanding job in handling a comedy theme, a field in which few Canadians have excelled". ::- ''Family Tree'',

, Tom Daly producer,

George Dunning George Garnett Dunning (November 17th. 1920 - February 15th. 1979) was a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is best known for producing and directing the 1968 film '' Yellow Submarine''. Biography Dunning was born in Toronto and studied at the ...

and

Evelyn Lambart Evelyn Lambart (July 23, 1914 – April 3, 1999) was a Canadian animator and film director with the National Film Board of Canada, known for her independent work, and for her collaborations with Norman McLaren. Early years Born in Ottawa, she w ...

directors — "for its outstanding animation and music score". ::- ''The Fight: Science Against Cancer'',

Guy Glover Guy Glover (November 5, 1910 – May 17, 1988) was a senior National Film Board of Canada (NFB) producer and administrator who was born in London, U.K. and died in Hudson, Quebec, Hudson, Canada. Career Guy Glover's career as an NFB senior produc ...

producer,

Morten Parker Morten Parker (July 29, 1919 – May 26, 2014) was a Canadian director, producer and writer. Biography Parker was born and raised in a Jewish family in Winnipeg, Manitoba, attended the University of Winnipeg and began his career as a journalist ...

director — "for a splendid representation of a significant social problem". ::- ''Winter Angling in Comfort'' ''(Pêche à la cabane)'', Cine-Photography Branch, Province of Quebec, Maurice Montgrain producer, Louis Soucy director — "for its expert handling of a 'tourist' film and excellent photography under difficult conditions". *Special Citations: ::- Winston Barron and Canadian Paramount News, ''Child Development Series'',

producer ::- ''Buffoons'' — Graphic Associates, Jim MacKay and

producers ::- ''Look to the Forest'' —

, Donald Fraser director ::- ''Trees Are a Crop'' —

, Evelyn Spice Cherry producer, Jack Bordelay director ::- ''Power of Pennies'' —

, F.R. Crawley producer and Quentin Brown producers, Quentin Brown director ::- '' Canadian Cameos Series'' — Associated Screen Studios. Bernard Norrish producer,

director ::- ''A Friend at the Door'' —

James Beveridge James Beveridge (1917–1993) was a Canadian filmmaker, author and educator. Beveridge was a pioneering filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and became Head of Production at the NFB in the post-war years. Early years James Alexa ...

and Tom Daly producers,

Leslie McFarlane Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful '' Hardy Boys'' series, using th ...

director ::- ''Les Anciens Canadiens'' (''French Canada - 1534-1848'') —

producer,

Bernard Devlin Bernard Devlin, (15 December 1824 – 7 February 1880) was an Irish-born lawyer, counsel to the Abraham Lincoln administration of the United States Government during the most northerly engagement of the United States Civil War, Quebec-bas ...

director

References

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