20th Canadian Film Awards

The 20th Canadian Film Awards were held on October 4, 1968 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The ceremony was hosted by broadcaster Bill Walker and actress Louise Marleau.

20th Canadian Film Awards
DateOctober 4, 1968
LocationSeaway Towers Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted byBill Walker, Louise Marleau
Highlights
Most awardsIsabel
Film of the YearA Place to Stand
Best Feature FilmThe Ernie Game
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Just before the awards' 20th anniversary, its sponsors, the Canadian Association of Adult Education, the Canadian Foundation and the Canadian Film Institute, terminated their connection with the awards. Members of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories in Canada, the Canadian Society of Cinematographers and the Directors Guild of Canada formed a group to organize a competition for 1968. This group was independently incorporated as the Canadian Film Awards; its executive was members of industry associations, guilds and unions. Not represented was the Quebec Association of Independent Filmmakers which declined due to its objection to competition among filmmakers.

The awards categories were restructured, and craft categories and new special awards were introduced. For the first time, awards were presented to actors and actresses; and it was the last year in which awards were presented for amateur films. A statue was commissioned from sculptor Sorel Etrog, public screenings were instituted, and the selection process was revamped, with nomination committees pre-selecting entries for consideration by a five-member international jury. For this year, 181 films were entered, and the committees nominated 50 for final consideration. But the jury ignored committee recommendations for Best Cinematography and Best Direction and made its own choices. As a result, the voting process was changed for 1969.[1]

Winners

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Films

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Honorable Mention: A Child in His Country (Un enfant... Un pays) - National Film Board of Canada, Jacques Bobet producer, Pierre Moretti director[8]

Technical development and innovation awards

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Honourable Mention: Westminster Films - "for Expo 67 Bell Telephone production".

Feature film craft awards

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Non-feature craft awards

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Special award

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References

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  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. 81-83.
  2. ^ "A Place to Stand". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. ^ "The Ernie Game". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  4. ^ "This is No Time for Romance". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Do Not Fold, Staple or Mutilate". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ^ "With Drums and Trumpets". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Never a Backward Step". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Un enfant... Un pays". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Carstairs, Tell the People". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Driver Training : Life Is Worth the Living". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Film Record: Il était une plume". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Jake and The Kid". broadcasting-history.com. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Tweed, Tommy". broadcasting-history.com. History of Canadian Broadcasting. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Isabel". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Le règne du jour". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Wojeck to Wrestling" (PDF). queensu.ca. Queens University. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  17. ^ "The Secret Years of El Dorado". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Pas de deux". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2023.