The 7th Canadian Film Awards were announced in 1955 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. 29-31.
The plan was to hold the gala in Ottawa, but the Association of Motion Pictures Producers and Laboratories and National Film Board of Canada commissioner Albert Trueman argued that the event should be a private, industry-only function. This went against one of the Canadian Film Association's main objectives–to show the public the value of the awards. In the end, the winners were announced via press release, award certificates were sent to the winners, and the Ottawa Film Society organized public screenings of the winning films.
Winners
Film of the Year: The Stratford Adventure — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Morten Parker director Theatrical Feature Length (Documentary): The Stratford Adventure — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Morten Parker director Theatrical Short: Not awarded Honorable Mention: High Tide in Newfoundland — National Film Board of Canada, Nicholas Balla producer, Grant McLean director Non-Theatrical, Open: Riches of the Earth — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Colin Low director Honorable Mention: One Little Indian — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly and Colin Low producers, Grant Munro director Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Gift of the Glaciers — Film and Photographic Branch, Government of Alberta, K. Hutchinson producer and director Honorable Mention: The Homeless Ones — National Film Board of Canada, Leslie McFarlane producer and director Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Where None Shall Thirst — United Church of Canada Committee on Missionary Education, Rev. Anson C. Moorehouse producer Honorable Mention: It's in the Cards — Crawley Films, George Gorman producer and director Special Mentions: Corral — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Colin Low director Le Médécin du nord (Bush Doctor) — National Film Board of Canada, Roger Blais producer, Jean Palardy director Castors du Québec (Québec Beavers) — Guernand Film Co., Fernand Guertin director Look to the Centre — Crawley Films, Sally McDonald producer and director Va-t-en jouer! — Service de ciné-photographie de la province de Québec, Lou Soucy producer, André Rousseau and Lou Soucy directors Tools of Plenty — PGA Films No Time to Spare — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer On the Broom — Briston Films Each Year They Come — Francis J. S. Holmes Film Productions, Francis J. S. Holmes producer and director The Grievance — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Morten Parker director Movie Manners — University of Toronto Film Society Nature in a City Lot — A. E. Phillips Amateur: Not awarded Special Award: Hye Bossin, Editor Canadian Film Weekly — "in recognition of his valuable contribution over the years in the field of motion pictures in Canada, and particularly his promotion of Canadian film archives"
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