{{Short description|1952 awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox award | name = 4th Canadian Film Awards | image = | date = April 27, 1952 | location = Victoria Theatre, [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] | host = [[Sidney Earle Smith]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = | award1_winner = | previous = [[3rd Canadian Film Awards|3rd]] | main = [[Canadian Film Awards]] | next = [[5th Canadian Film Awards|5th]] }} The '''4th Canadian Film Awards''' were presented on April 27, 1952, 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. 17-19.</ref>
This year's submissions were 20 documentaries and 50 films, including five full-length features, three of them French-language. Several changes were made; categories were expanded, the jury screenings were moved to Montreal, and more French-speaking judges were included. Also, the awards ceremony was moved from Ottawa to Toronto; this year's host was [[University of Toronto]] president [[Sidney Earle Smith]].<ref name=topalovich/>
==Winners==
===Films=== *[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Film of the Year]]: '''''[[Newfoundland Scene]]: A Tale of Outport Adventure''''' — Crawley Films, [[F. R. Crawley]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland Scene : A Tale of Outport Adventure |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/newfoundland-scene-tale-outport-adventure |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *Theatrical Feature Length (Documentary): '''''[[Royal Journey]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, [[David Bairstow (director)|David Bairstow]], [[Gudrun Parker]], [[Roger Blais (filmmaker)|Roger Blais]] directors<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Journey |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11797 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''La petite Aurore, l'enfant martyre''''' ''([[Little Aurore's Tragedy]])'' — L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne, [[Jean-Yves Bigras]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne |url=http://collection.tiff.net/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=466477;type=701 |website=collections.tiff.net |publisher=Toronto International Film Festival |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *Theatrical Short: '''''[[Opera School]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Guy Glover]] producer, [[Gudrun Parker]] director<ref name="Opera School">{{cite web |title=Opera School |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11431 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: ''The Fruitful Earth'' — [[Associated Screen News of Canada|Associated Screen Studios]], [[Bernard Norrish]] producer, [[Gordon Sparling]] director<ref name="Opera School"/> ::Honourable Mention: '''''The Man in the Peace Tower''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Sydney Newman]] producer, [[Roger Blais (filmmaker)|Roger Blais]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Man in the Peace Tower |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11829 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Struggle for Oil''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Sydney Newman]] producer, [[Ronald Dick (filmmaker)|Ronald Dick]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Struggle for Oil |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=17406 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Open: '''''[[Newfoundland Scene]]: A Tale of Outport Adventure''''' — Crawley Films, [[F. R. Crawley]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Newfoundland Scene : A Tale of Outport Adventure |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/newfoundland-scene-tale-outport-adventure |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''The Longhouse People''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, Allan Wargon director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Longhouse People |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=66238 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Les moines de Saint-Benoît''''' ''(Monastery)'' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Guy Glover producer, [[Roger Blais (filmmaker)|Roger Blais]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Monastery |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10547 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: '''''Milk-Made''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Michael Spencer producer, Larry Gosnell director<ref>{{cite web |title=Mile-Made |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=15583 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Ski à Québec''''' — [[Service de ciné-photographie provincial|Service de ciné-photographie de la province de Québec]], Abbé [[Maurice Proulx]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Ski à Québec |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/10708 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: '''''Packaged Power''''' — Crawley Films, Quentin Brown producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Packaged Power |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/packaged-power |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *Amateur: '''''A Camper and His Canoe''''' — David Palter producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Camper and His Canoe, A |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/a-camper-and-his-canoe |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Cours primaire de français''''' — French Ciné Club, [[University of Toronto]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Cours primaire de français |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/cours-primaire-de-francais |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot''''' — Victoria, B.C. Movie Club, Douglas Flintoff director<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot, The |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/story-of-a-georgian-coffee-pot-the |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref>
*Special Award: '''''Around Is Around''''' and '''''Now is the Time''''' - [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Norman McLaren]] and [[Evelyn Lambart]] producers, Norman McLaren director, "in recognition of research in a new area of filmmaking".<ref>{{cite web |title=Around is Around |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=13390 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Now is the Time |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=67366 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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