{{Short description|Award to honour achievements in Canadian film}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox award | name = 12th Canadian Film Awards | image = | date = June 3, 1960 | location = [[King Edward Hotel (Toronto)|King Edward Hotel]], [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] | host = [[Albert Trueman]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = | award1_winner = | previous = [[11th Canadian Film Awards|11th]] | main = [[Canadian Film Awards]] | next = [[13th Canadian Film Awards|13th]] }} The '''12th Canadian Film Awards''' were held on June 3, 1960, to honour achievements in Canadian film.
This year saw 115 films entered for consideration and the judging panel consisted of 55 people in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. The ceremony took the form of an informal luncheon hosted by [[Albert Trueman]], Director of the [[Canada Council]].<ref name=topalovich>Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. [[Stoddart Publishing]], 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}. pp. 49-51.</ref>
==Winners== *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Film of the Year]]: ''Not awarded'' *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Feature Film]]: ''No entries submitted'' *Theatrical Short: '''''[[Royal River (1959 film)|Royal River]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Grant McLean (film producer)|Grant McLean]] producer, [[Gordon Sparling]] and [[Roger Blais (filmmaker)|Roger Blais]] directors<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal River |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11605 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *Arts and Experimental: '''''Les Bateaux de neige''''' — Studio 7, [[Jacques Giraldeau]] director *TV Information: '''''Bad Medicine''''' — [[F. R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], Harry Horner and [[F. R. Crawley]] producers, [[Don Haldane]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Bad Medicine |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/bad-medicine |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''Man of Kintail''''' — Chetwynd Films, [[Arthur Chetwynd (filmmaker)|Arthur Chetwynd]] producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Man of Kintail |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/man-kintail |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *Films for Children: '''''[[Tales of the Riverbank]]''''' — Riverbank Productions, Paul Sutherland director<ref>{{cite web |title=Tales of the Riverbank |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/tales-riverbank-episode-no-4 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''The Chairmaker and the Boys''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Tim Wilson producer<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chairmaker and the Boys |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=76029 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *Travel and Recreation: '''''Pressure Golf''''' — [[F. R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], [[F. R. Crawley]] and Peter Cook producers, Peter Cook director<ref>{{cite web |title=Pressure Golf |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/pressure-golf |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *General Information: '''''A Is for Architecture''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] and [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] producers, Gerald Budner and [[Robert Verrall]] directors<ref>{{cite web |title=A is for Architecture |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=54902 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *Public Relations: '''''It's the People That Count''''' — [[F. R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], [[F. R. Crawley]] producer<ref>{{cite web |title=It's the People That Count |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/9281 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *Sales Promotion: '''''Hosiery Facts and Fashions''''' — Omega Productions, Richard J. Jarvis producer *Training and Instruction: '''''An Introduction to Jet Engines''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Frank Spiller producer, [[René Jodoin]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=An Introduction to Jet Engines |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=65978 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''Radiation''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Hugh O'Connor (filmmaker)|Hugh O'Connor]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=La Radiation |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=2956 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> *Filmed Commercial: '''''Duet''''' — Robert Lawrence Productions, John Ross producer *Amateur: '''''Paperchase''''' — [[University of British Columbia]], Werner Aellen director<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Paperchase |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/paperchase |website=amateurfilm.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *Special Awards: ::- '''[[Arthur Chetwynd]]''', Chetwynd Films — "for dedicated service in the interest of Canadian filmmakers as an executive officer of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada". ::- '''Joseph Morin''', Ciné-Photographic Branch, Government of Quebec — "for over forty years of service to Canadian filmmaking in the fields of production, distribution and exhibition".<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Morin |url=http://www.cinemaparlantquebec.ca/Cinema1930-52/pages/textbio/Textbio.jsp?textBioId=25&lang=en |website=cinemaparlantquebec.ca |publisher=Cinema in Quebec |access-date=16 March 2023}}</ref>
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{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
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