{{Short description|1950 awards for Canadian film}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox award | name = 2nd Canadian Film Awards | image = | date = April 19, 1950 | location = [[Elgin Theatre (Ottawa)|Little Elgin Theatre]], [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] | host = [[Louis St. Laurent]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = | award1_winner = | previous = [[1st Canadian Film Awards|1st]] | main = [[Canadian Film Awards]] | next = [[3rd Canadian Film Awards|3rd]] }} The '''2nd Canadian Film Awards''' were presented on April 19, 1950 to honour achievements in Canadian film.<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. 9-11.</ref> 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' ''[[The Village Priest (1949 film)|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.<ref name=topalovich/>
==Winners== *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Film of the Year]]: ''Not awarded'' *Theatrical Short: '''''La terre de Caïn''' ([[North Shore (1949 film)|North Shore]])'' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[James Beveridge]] producer, Pierre Petel director<ref>{{cite web |title=North Shore |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=17153 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Summer Is for Kids''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Sydney Newman]] producer, [[Stanley Jackson (filmmaker)|Stanley Jackson]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Summer is for Kids |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=15421 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Open: '''''Family Circles''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Gudrun Parker]] and [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producers, [[Morten Parker]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Family Circles |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11719 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''[[Children's Concert (1949 film)|Children's Concert]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Gudrun Parker]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Children's Concert |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=14173 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Sponsored: '''''Science at Your Service''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, Ronald Dick director<ref>{{cite web |title=Science at Your Service |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=16430 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Zéro de conduite''''' ''(Winter Blunderland)'' — Crawley Films, [[F. R. Crawley]] producer <ref>{{cite web |title=Zéro de conduite = Winter Blunderland |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=filvidandsou&IdNumber=20520 |website=recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *Amateur: '''''Mouvement perpétuel''' ([[Perpetual Movement]])'' — [[Claude Jutra]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Mouvement perpétuel |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/mouvement-perpetuel |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''In the Daytime''''' — Stanley Fox, Peter Varley producers<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: In the Daytime |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/in-the-daytime |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *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".<ref>{{cite web |title=Primitive Artists of Haiti |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/6031557 |website=worldcat.org |publisher=WorldCat |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''[[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".<ref>{{cite web |title=Begone Dull Care |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10456 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::- '''[[Quebec Productions]]''', [[Paul L'Anglais]] and [[René Germain]] producers,<ref>{{cite web |title=Quebec Productions |url=http://www.cinemaparlantquebec.ca/Cinema1930-52/pages/textbio/Textbio.jsp?textBioId=50&lang=en |website=cinemaparlantquebec.ca |publisher=Cinema in Quebec |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> "for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada" (through its creation of the films ''[[The Village Priest (1949 film)|The Village Priest]] (Le Curé de Village)'', ''[[Whispering City]]''/''[[La Forteresse (film)|La Forteresse]]'', ''[[A Man and His Sin]] (Un homme et son péché)'' and ''[[Séraphin (film)|Séraphin]]'').<ref>Herbert Whittaker, "Show Business". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 15, 1950.</ref>
*Special Citations: ::'''''The Canadian Heritage''''' — Audio Pictures<ref>{{cite web |title=The Canadian Heritage |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/canadian-heritage |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''Animules''''' — Louis Shore<ref>{{cite web |title=Animules |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/animules |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''Borderline Cases''''' — [[Associated Screen News of Canada|Associated Screen Studios]], [[Bernard Norrish]] producer, [[Gordon Sparling]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Borderline Cases |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/10130 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''Ballet Festival''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Don Mulholland (filmmaker)|Don Mulholland]] producer, [[Roger Blais (filmmaker)|Roger Blais]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Ballet Festival |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=66830 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''Portrait''''' — Robert Sparks, Phyllis Mawdsley ::'''''A Mile Below the Wheat''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], Gerald Moses director<ref>{{cite web |title=A Mile Below the Wheat |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/mile-below-wheat |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''[[The Rising Tide (film)|The Rising Tide]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[James Beveridge]] producer, [[Jean Palardy]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rising Tide |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=15365 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
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