26th Canadian Film Awards

26th Canadian Film Awards
26th Canadian Film Awards
Date	October 12, 1975
Location	Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Hosted by	Peter Gzowski
Highlights
Most awards	Les ordres (Orders); Eliza's Horoscope
Best Motion Picture 1974	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Best Motion Picture 1975	Les ordres (Orders)

The 26th Canadian Film Awards were held on October 12, 1975 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The ceremony was hosted by radio personality Peter Gzowski.

The CFAs were expanded into a week-long event in Niagara-on-the-Lake which included all-day screenings, a National Film Board of Canada retrospective, and daily 'Meet the Filmmakers' programs.

Due to the Quebec boycott crisis which protested the treatment of films from Quebec at the 25th Canadian Film Awards in 1973, and the resulting cancellation of the awards in 1974, the 1975 awards covered films released in both 1974 and 1975. Accordingly, the Canadian Film Awards committee revived the Film of the Year category, which had not been used since 1970, so that it could name separate Best Picture winners for both 1974 and 1975.^[1] In all other categories, however, separate winners were not named for the two years. There were 300 films in competition but French-Canadian filmmakers did not participate.^[2]

Winners

Films

Film of the Year (1974): The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz — International Cinemedia Centre, John Kemeny, Ted Kotcheff director^[3]
Film of the Year (1975): Les ordres (Orders) — Productions Prisma, Bernard Lalonde, Claude Godbout and Guy Dufaux producers^[4]
Feature Film: Les ordres (Orders) — Productions Prisma, Bernard Lalonde, Claude Godbout and Guy Dufaux producers, Michel Brault director
Theatrical Documentary: Janis — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer, Howard Alk and Seaton Findlay directors^[5]
Documentary Under 30 Minutes: At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch — Sunrise Films, Paul Saltzman and Deepa Mehta producers, Deepa Mehta director^[6]
Documentary Over 30 Minutes: Cree Hunters of Mistassini — National Film Board of Canada, Colin Low producer, Tony Ianzelo and Boyce Richardson directors^[7]
Theatrical Short: Along These Lines — Immedia Inc., Isabel Ripley and Patrick Watson producers, Peter Pearson director^[8]
Animated Short: The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend — National Film Board of Canada, Pierre Moretti producer, Caroline Leaf director^[9]
TV Drama: A Bird in the House — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Ron Weyman producer
Arts and Experimental: Not awarded

Feature Film Craft Awards

Performance by a Lead Actor: Stuart Gillard - Why Rock the Boat? (NFB)^[10]
Performance by a Lead Actress: Margot Kidder - A Quiet Day in Belfast (Twinbay Media) and Black Christmas (Telefilm Canada)^[11]
Supporting Actor: Henry Beckman - Why Rock the Boat? (NFB)
Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova - Eliza's Horoscope (O-Zali Productions)^[12]
Art Direction: François Barbeau - Eliza's Horoscope
Cinematography: Paul Van der Linden - Eliza's Horoscope
Director: Michel Brault - Les ordres (Orders)
Film Editing: Stan Cole - Black Christmas (Telefilm Canada)
Sound Editing: Ken Heeley-Ray - Black Christmas (Telefilm Canada)
Music Score: Nick Whitehead - Lions for Breakfast (Burg Productions)^[13]
Original Screenplay: Michel Brault - Les ordres (Orders)
Adapted Screenplay: William Weintraub - Why Rock the Boat? (NFB)
Overall Sound: Patrick Rousseau (recording) and Stephen Dalby (re-recording) - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and

Stephen Dalby - Eliza's Horoscope

Non-Feature Craft Awards

Performance by a Lead Actor: William Hutt - The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway (CBC)
Performance by a Lead Actress: Jayne Eastwood - The Collaborators: Deedee (CBC)
Supporting Actor or Actress: Patricia Hamilton - A Bird in the House
Art Direction: Not awarded
Cinematography: Kenneth W. Gregg - Next Year in Jerusalem^[14] and The Collaborators: Deedee (CBC) and A Bird in the House
Direction: Robin Spry - Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (NFB)^[15]
Film Editing: Arla Saare - Next Year in Jerusalem
Sound Editing: Barry Greenwald - Metamorphosis (Conestoga College, Barry Greenwald Inc.)^[16]
Musical Score: Marius Benoit - Le légende du vent^[17]
Screenplay: Patricia Watson - A Bird in the House
Non-Dramatic Script: Donald Brittain - Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (NFB)
Sound Recording: Dan Gibson - Wings in the Wilderness (Keg Productions)^[18]
Sound Re-Recording: Jean-Pierre Joutel - Goldwood (NFB) and Whistling Smith (NFB) and The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (NFB)^[19]^[20]

Special awards

For Contribution to Animation: John Straiton - Horseplay^[21]
For Contribution to Short Fiction: Michael Asti-Rose - Silent Movie
For Contribution to Feature Film: Gordon Sheppard - Eliza's Horoscope
Grierson Award: Pierre Juneau "for outstanding contributions to Canadian cinema".

References

^ "Les Ordes [sic] takes top cinema award". Brandon Sun. October 15, 1975. p. 19. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 111-114.
^ "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Les ordres". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Janis". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ "At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch". femfilm.ca. Canadian Women Film Directors Database. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Cree Hunters of Mistassini". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1974. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
^ "Along These Lines". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Why Rock the Boat?". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "A Quiet Day in Belfast". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Eliza's Horoscope". acorn.biblio.org. Bibliomation. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Lions for Breakfast". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ "Next Year in Jerusalem". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ "Action: The October Crisis of 1970". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Metamorphosis". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ "La Chorale des Intrépides". choraledesintrepides.ca. La Chorale des Intrépides. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ "Wings in the Wilderness". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ "Goldwood". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Whistling Smith". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Film Record: Horseplay". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

[1] "Les Ordes [sic] takes top cinema award". Brandon Sun. October 15, 1975. p. 19. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[topalovich-2] Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 111-114.

[3] "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[4] "Les ordres". cfe.tiff.net. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[5] "Janis". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

[6] "At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch". femfilm.ca. Canadian Women Film Directors Database. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[NFB_Collection-7] "Cree Hunters of Mistassini". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1974. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

[8] "Along These Lines". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[9] "The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[10] "Why Rock the Boat?". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[11] "A Quiet Day in Belfast". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[12] "Eliza's Horoscope". acorn.biblio.org. Bibliomation. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[13] "Lions for Breakfast". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[14] "Next Year in Jerusalem". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

[15] "Action: The October Crisis of 1970". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[16] "Metamorphosis". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[17] "La Chorale des Intrépides". choraledesintrepides.ca. La Chorale des Intrépides. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[18] "Wings in the Wilderness". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[19] "Goldwood". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[20] "Whistling Smith". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[21] "Film Record: Horseplay". amateurcinema.org. University of Calgary. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

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