The 4th Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 27, 1952, to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 17-19.
This year's submissions were 20 documentaries and 50 films, including five full-length features, three of them French-language. Several changes were made; categories were expanded, the jury screenings were moved to Montreal, and more French-speaking judges were included. Also, the awards ceremony was moved from Ottawa to Toronto; this year's host was University of Toronto president Sidney Earle Smith.
Winners
Films Film of the Year: Newfoundland Scene: A Tale of Outport Adventure — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer and director Theatrical Feature Length (Documentary): Royal Journey — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, David Bairstow, Gudrun Parker, Roger Blais directors Honourable Mention: La petite Aurore, l'enfant martyre (Little Aurore's Tragedy) — L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne, Jean-Yves Bigras director Theatrical Short: Opera School — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Gudrun Parker director Honourable Mention: The Fruitful Earth — Associated Screen Studios, Bernard Norrish producer, Gordon Sparling director Honourable Mention: The Man in the Peace Tower — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Roger Blais director Honourable Mention: Struggle for Oil — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Ronald Dick director Non-Theatrical, Open: Newfoundland Scene: A Tale of Outport Adventure — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer and director Honourable Mention: The Longhouse People — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Allan Wargon director Honourable Mention: Les moines de Saint-Benoît (Monastery) — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Roger Blais director Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Milk-Made — National Film Board of Canada, Michael Spencer producer, Larry Gosnell director Honourable Mention: Ski à Québec — Service de ciné-photographie de la province de Québec, Abbé Maurice Proulx producer and director Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Packaged Power — Crawley Films, Quentin Brown producer Amateur: A Camper and His Canoe — David Palter producer and director Honourable Mention: Cours primaire de français — French Ciné Club, University of Toronto Honourable Mention: Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot — Victoria, B.C. Movie Club, Douglas Flintoff director
Special Award: Around Is Around and Now is the Time - National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart producers, Norman McLaren director, "in recognition of research in a new area of filmmaking".
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