{{Short description|Canadian film awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox award | name = 5th Canadian Film Awards | image = | date = April 30, 1953 | location = Avenue Theatre, [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] | host = [[Jacques DesBaillets]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = | award1_winner = | previous = [[4th Canadian Film Awards|4th]] | main = [[Canadian Film Awards]] | next = [[6th Canadian Film Awards|6th]] }} The '''5th Canadian Film Awards''' were presented on April 30, 1953 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. 21-23.</ref>
Sixty films were entered this year and, in keeping with a new policy of rotating ceremony venues, the event was moved to Montreal and the presentations were in English and French. The ceremony was hosted by Quebec radio and television personality [[Jacques DesBaillets]], with special guest [[Dorothy Lamour]].<ref name=topalovich/>
==Winners==
*[[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Film of the Year]]: '''''[[Tit-Coq]]''''' — Les Productions Gratien Gélinas, [[Gratien Gélinas]] producer, [[René Delacroix]] and Gratien Gélinas directors<ref>{{cite web |title=Tit-Coq |url=https://cfe.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/films/tit-coq |website=cfe.tiff.net |publisher=Canadian Film Encyclopedia |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Theatrical Feature Length: '''''[[Tit-Coq]]''''' — Les Productions Gratien Gélinas, [[Gratien Gélinas]] producer, [[René Delacroix]] and Gratien Gélinas directors *Theatrical Short: '''''L'Homme aux oiseaux''''' ''([[The Bird Fancier]])'' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Guy Glover]] producer, [[Bernard Devlin (director)|Bernard Devlin]], [[Jean Palardy]] directors<ref>{{cite web |title=The Bird Fancier |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=14083 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Îles-de-la-Madeleine''''' ''(The Wind-Swept Isles)'' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Bernard Devlin (director)|Bernard Devlin]] producer, [[Jean Palardy]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Îles-de-la-Madeleine |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=2261 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''[[Canine Crimebusters]]'' — [[Associated Screen News of Canada|Associated Screen Studios]], [[Bernard Norrish]] producer, [[Gordon Sparling]] director'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Canine Crimebusters |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/10446 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Citizen Varek''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Nicholas Balla producer, [[Gordon Burwash]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Citizen Varek |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11313 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''[[Associated Screen News of Canada|The Roaring Game]]''''' — [[Associated Screen News of Canada|Associated Screen Studios]], [[Bernard Norrish]] producer, [[Gordon Sparling]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Roaring Game |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/roaring-game |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Open: '''''Angotee: Story of an Eskimo Boy''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Michael Spencer producer, Douglas Wilkinson director<ref>{{cite web |title=Angotee: Story of an Eskimo Boy |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10989 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Special Awards: ::'''''L'Âge du castor''''' ''(Age of the Beaver)'' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Age of the Beaver |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11071 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''[[Neighbours (1952 film)|Neighbours]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Norman McLaren]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Neighbours |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10452 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''Birds That Eat Flesh''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], Quentin Brown producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Birds That Eat Flesh |url=https://www.acmi.net.au/works/65448--birds-that-eat-flesh/ |website=acmi.net.au |publisher=ACMI |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''A Phantasy''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Norman McLaren]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=A Phantasy |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=65909 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''The Son''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Michael Spencer producer, [[Julian Biggs]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Son |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=15386 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''[[The Romance of Transportation in Canada]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Romance of Transportation in Canada |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=65951 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''The Power Within''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], Sally McDonald producer<ref>{{cite web |title=The Power Within |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/power-within |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Hot Hickory : Featuring the Skiing of Ernie McCulloch''''' — Ashley and Crippen Ltd., Dan Gibson producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Hot Hickory : Featuring the Skiing of Ernie McCulloch |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/hot-hickory-featuring-skiing-ernie-mcculloch |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: '''''Shyness''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, [[Stanley Jackson (filmmaker)|Stanley Jackson]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Shyness |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10436 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Special Award: '''''Jeunesse rurale''''' — [[Service de ciné-photographie provincial|Service de ciné-photographie de la province de Québec]], Abbé [[Maurice Proulx]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeunesse rurale |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/jeunesse-rurale |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Western Wheat''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Michael Spencer producer, Larry Gosnell director<ref>{{cite web |title=Western Wheat |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=67994 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Operation Budworm''''' — Omega Productions, Henri Michaud producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Operation Budworm |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/operation-budworm |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: '''''Immediate Action''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], George Gorman producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Immediate Action |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/immediate-action |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=25 March 2023}}</ref> ::Special Awards: ::'''''High Powder''''' — [[Associated Screen News of Canada|Associated Screen Studios]], Jean-Pierre Sénécal producer<ref>{{cite web |title=High Powder |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/high-powder |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''Les Bouts d'chou tissent de la laine''''' — [[Crawley Films]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Les Bouts d'chou tissent de la laine |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/9858 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::'''''The King's Man''''' — [[United Church of Canada]], Rev. Anson C. Moorehouse producer<ref>{{cite web |title=The King's Man |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/kings-man |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Calgary Stampede''''' — [[Chetwynd Films]], [[Arthur Chetwynd (filmmaker)|Arthur Chetwynd]] producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Calgary Stampede 1964 |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/calgary-stampede-1964 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pill |first1=Jaan |title=Precarious Establishment |url=https://cinemacanada.athabascau.ca/index.php/cinema/article/viewFile/2156/2207 |website=cinemacanada.athabascau.ca |publisher=Athabasca University |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Rogerstone''''' — [[Crawley Films]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Library of Congress catalog: Motion pictures...1953 |url=https://ia904709.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=libvol28raryofcongres195357librrich&itemPath=%2F26%2Fitems%2Flibvol28raryofcongres195357librrich&server=ia904709.us.archive.org&page=leaf000721 |website=lantern.mediahist.org |publisher=Lantern |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *Amateur: ''Not awarded'' ::Honourable Mention: '''''Magic of the Tropics''''' — Dr. S. Copeland<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Magic of the Tropics |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/magic-of-the-tropics |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honourable Mention: '''''Experiment in Animation''''' — Michael A. Riche<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Experiment in Animation |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/experiment-in-animation |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
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