The 15th Canadian Film Awards were held on May 10, 1963 to honour achievements in Canadian film.
This year saw a new record in film submissions: 175 productions from 44 producers, with the greatest increases in the TV Information and Travel and Recreation categories. As one in five submissions was a French-language film, more bi-lingual judges were added and, for the first time, the Canadian Society of Cinematographers joined the CFA.
The event took place in Montreal and returned to being a publicly-attended gala, hosted by Montreal International Theatre founder Jeanine Beaubien.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 61-63.
Films Film of the Year: Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors Feature Film: No entries submitted Theatrical Short: Nahanni — National Film Board of Canada, Donald Wilder director Arts and Experimental: Jour après jour (Day After Day) — National Film Board of Canada, Fernand Dansereau, Victor Jobin, Hubert Aquin producers, Clément Perron director TV Information: Listen with Your Eyes — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Philip Keatley producer and director Les Annanacks — National Film Board of Canada, René Bonnière producer and director TV Entertainment: Not awarded Films for Children: Fantastique — National Film Board of Canada, Jacques Bobet producer, Fernand Rivard director The Climates of North America — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig director Travel and Recreation: Grey Cup Festival '62 — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer and director Wilderness Treasure — Wilber Sutherland, Bill Mason producers, Bill Mason director General Information: Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors Public Relations: Arctic Island Wildcat — Spence Crilly Film Productions, Spence Crilly producer and director Sales Promotion: Partners in Progress — Crawley Films, James Turpie producer and director Patterns — Williams Drege & Hill, Colin Y. Smith director Training and Instruction: Mathematics at Your Fingertips — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig producer, John Howe director Filmed Commercial, Company or Product: Kraft Strawberry — Rabko Television Productions, Don McLean producer Filmed Commercial, Public Service: Not awarded Amateur: Cathy — Peter Gerretsen director Certificate of Merit: Poison — Derek A. Davy, Maurice Stevens directors
Non-Feature Craft Awards Black and White Cinematography: Guy Borremans — Jour après jour (Day After Day) (NFB) Colour Cinematography: Donald Wilder, Nahanni (NFB) Honourable Mention: Christopher Chapman, Saguenay (Crawley Films)
Special awards Four-Line Conics, (NFB) Trevor Fletcher director — "in recognition of its imaginative and experimental illustration of a specialized mathematical concept". Dorothy Burritt and Oscar Burritt — "for pioneering work over three decades for the development and appreciation of film in Canada". Gaudry Delisle — "for his many years of devoted service for the promotion of a wider understanding and better use of films for educational purposes"
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