{{Short description|Canadian film awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox award | name = 3rd Canadian Film Awards | image = | date = April 22, 1951 | location = Odeon Theatre, [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] | host = [[Mary Pickford]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = | award1_winner = | previous = [[2nd Canadian Film Awards|2nd]] | main = [[Canadian Film Awards]] | next = [[4th Canadian Film Awards|4th]] }} The '''3rd Canadian Film Awards''' were presented on April 22, 1951, 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. 13-15.</ref> The ceremony was hosted by [[Mary Pickford]].
This year, the selection process was changed; specialized judging panels assessed theatrical, non-theatrical and amateur entries, and judges were given more detailed instructions. Due to budget constraints, the physical prizes were printed certificates.
At the dinner before the awards presentation, Fred Dillon of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association presented Dominion archivist [[W. Kaye Lamb|Dr. William Kaye Lamb]] with a letter from [[Thomas Edison]]. In the letter, dated May 1, 1894, Edison thanked Ottawa businessmen George Holland and Andrew Holland for successfully using his Kinetoscope (the precursor of the projector) to exhibit a film. Pickford, a director of the [[Edison Pioneers]], received a copy of the letter for presentation to the [[Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum|Edison Museum]] in New Jersey.<ref name=topalovich/>
==Winners== *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Film of the Year]]: ''Not awarded'' *Theatrical Short: '''''Après le bagne''''' ''([[After Prison, What?]])'' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Gil LaRoche producer, [[Ron Weyman]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=After Prison, What? |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=15803 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Open: '''''Feelings of Depression''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, [[Stanley Jackson (filmmaker)|Stanley Jackson]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Feelings of Depression |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=13985 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''The Oyster-Man''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Michael Spencer producer, [[Julian Biggs]] and [[Jean Palardy]] directors<ref>{{cite web |title=The Oyster-Man |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=65147 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Amateur: ''Not awarded'' ::Honourable Mention: '''''Parking on This Side''''' — University of Toronto Film Society, [[Michel Sanouillet]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Parking on This Side |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/parking-on-this-side |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable mention: '''''Frontiersman''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], Emmanuel J. Heuer producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Frontiersman |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/frontiersman |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
*Special Awards: ::- '''[[Léo-Ernest Ouimet]]''' — "for outstanding contributions to film in Canada as a pioneer distributor, exhibitor, producer, and cameraman" ::- '''''Sitzmarks the Spot''''', [[Associated Screen News of Canada|Associated Screen Studios]], [[Bernard Norrish]] producer, [[Gordon Sparling]] director — "for an outstanding job in handling a comedy theme, a field in which few Canadians have excelled".<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Cameos Archival Short Films |url=https://mayfairtheatre.ca/movie/canadian-cameos-archival-short-films/ |website=mayfairtheatre.ca |publisher=Mayfair Theatre |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''Family Tree''''', [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, [[George Dunning]] and [[Evelyn Lambart]] directors — "for its outstanding animation and music score".<ref>{{cite web |title=Family Tree |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=14001 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''The Fight: Science Against Cancer''''', [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Guy Glover]] producer, [[Morten Parker]] director — "for a splendid representation of a significant social problem".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Fight: Science Against Cancer |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=16974 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''Winter Angling in Comfort''''' ''(Pêche à la cabane)'', Cine-Photography Branch, Province of Quebec, [[Maurice Montgrain]] producer, Louis Soucy director — "for its expert handling of a 'tourist' film and excellent photography under difficult conditions".<ref>{{cite web |title=Pêche à la cabane |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/9936 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
*Special Citations: ::- Winston Barron and Canadian Paramount News, '''''Child Development Series''''', [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]] producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Child care and development |url=https://www.acmi.net.au/works/66009--child-care-and-development/ |website=acmi.net.au |publisher=ACMI |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''Buffoons''''' — Graphic Associates, Jim MacKay and [[George Dunning]] producers ::- '''''Look to the Forest''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Donald Fraser director<ref>{{cite web |title=Look to the Forest |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11500 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''Trees Are a Crop''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Evelyn Spice Cherry]] producer, Jack Bordelay director<ref>{{cite web |title=Trees Are a Crop |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=15438 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''Power of Pennies''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], F.R. Crawley producer and Quentin Brown producers, Quentin Brown director<ref>{{cite web |title=Power of Pennies |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/9140 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''[[Associated Screen News of Canada|Canadian Cameos]] Series''''' — [[Associated Screen News of Canada|Associated Screen Studios]]. Bernard Norrish producer, [[Gordon Sparling]] director ::- '''''A Friend at the Door''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[James Beveridge]] and [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producers, [[Leslie McFarlane]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=A Friend at the Door |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=16018 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> ::- '''''Les Anciens Canadiens''''' (''French Canada - 1534-1848'') — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Guy Glover]] producer, [[Bernard Devlin (director)|Bernard Devlin]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=French Canada - 1534-1848 |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11641 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref>
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