The 2nd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 19, 1950 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. 9-11. The ceremony was hosted by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
The number of entries for this year's awards rose to 43, from 21 producers. Only one feature-length theatrical film was entered—Quebec Productions' Le Curé de village. The quality of all entries was so high, the jury could not choose a Film of the Year, instead opting to award Special Citations.
Winners Film of the Year: Not awarded Theatrical Short: La terre de Caïn (North Shore) — National Film Board of Canada, James Beveridge producer, Pierre Petel director Honourable Mention: Summer Is for Kids — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Stanley Jackson director Non-Theatrical, Open: Family Circles — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker and Tom Daly producers, Morten Parker director Honourable Mention: Children's Concert — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker producer and director Non-Theatrical, Sponsored: Science at Your Service — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Ronald Dick director Honourable Mention: Zéro de conduite (Winter Blunderland) — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer Amateur: Mouvement perpétuel (Perpetual Movement) — Claude Jutra producer and director Honourable Mention: In the Daytime — Stanley Fox, Peter Varley producers Special Awards: - Primitive Artists of Haiti — Benoît and de Tonnancourt Films, Réal Benoît, André de Tonnancourt producers, "for its successful attempt to interpret other cultures and other peoples to Canadians". - Begone Dull Care — National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren producer, Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart directors - "in recognition of the successful contribution of an experimental approach to filmmaking by Norman McLaren and his associates". - Quebec Productions, Paul L'Anglais and René Germain producers, "for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada" (through its creation of the films The Village Priest (Le Curé de Village), Whispering City/La Forteresse, A Man and His Sin (Un homme et son péché) and Séraphin).Herbert Whittaker, "Show Business". The Globe and Mail, April 15, 1950.
Special Citations: The Canadian Heritage — Audio Pictures Animules — Louis Shore Borderline Cases — Associated Screen Studios, Bernard Norrish producer, Gordon Sparling director Ballet Festival — National Film Board of Canada, Don Mulholland producer, Roger Blais director Portrait — Robert Sparks, Phyllis Mawdsley A Mile Below the Wheat — Crawley Films, Gerald Moses director The Rising Tide — National Film Board of Canada, James Beveridge producer, Jean Palardy director
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