{{Short description|Canadian film awards ceremony}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox award | name = 8th Canadian Film Awards | image = | date = August 6, 1956 | location = [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival|Avon Theatre]], [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]], [[Ontario]] | host = [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = | award1_winner = | previous = [[7th Canadian Film Awards|7th]] | main = [[Canadian Film Awards]] | next = [[9th Canadian Film Awards|9th]] }} The '''8th Canadian Film Awards''' were held on August 6, 1956 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. 33-35.</ref> The ceremony was hosted by actor [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]].
This year, the event was held in [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]] for three reasons. The [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival|Stratford Festival]] was celebrating its third year, [[Tyrone Guthrie]]'s ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'', the filmed version of the Stratford Festival's production, was the only feature-length film made in Canada in 1956, and Stratford was planning the new international [[Stratford Film Festival]]. This was also the year that television awards were introduced.<ref name=topalovich/>
==Winners== *Film of the Year: ''Not awarded'' *Theatrical Feature Length: ''Not awarded'' *Theatrical Short: '''''[[Gold (1955 film)|Gold]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Gold |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11960 |website=onf-nfb.gc.c |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> ::Honorable Mention: '''''[[The Shepherd (1956 film)|The Shepherd]]''''' — [[Julian Biggs]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Shepherd |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10818 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=12 February 2023}}</ref> ::Special Mention: '''''[[Jolifou Inn]]''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Tom Daly (filmmaker)|Tom Daly]] producer, [[Colin Low (filmmaker)|Colin Low]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Jolifou Inn |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11093 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> *TV Information: '''''Saskatchewan Traveller''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Grant McLean (film producer)|Grant McLean]] producer, [[Don Haldane]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Saskatchewan Traveller |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=17360 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honorable Mention: '''''Monkey on the Back''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Grant McLean (film producer)|Grant McLean]] producer, [[Julian Biggs]] director<ref>{{cite web |title=Monkey on the Back |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10553 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=12 February 2023}}</ref> ::Honorable Mention: '''''L'Alpinisme''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Guy Glover]] producer, Rollo Gamble director<ref>{{cite web |title=L'alpinisme |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=2569 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical Open: '''''The Colour of Life''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[J.V. Durden]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Colour of Life |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11348 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honorable Mention: '''''Les Aboiteaux''''' ''(The Dikes)'' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[Roger Blais (filmmaker)|Roger Blais]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Les aboiteaux |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=2028 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> ::Special Mention: '''''Face of Saskatchewan''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], [[F.R. Crawley]] and J. Stanley Moore producers<ref>{{cite web |title=The Face of Saskatchewan |url=https://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/face-saskatchewan |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: '''''First Aid for Aircrew''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], [[David Bairstow (filmmaker)|David Bairstow]] producer, Walford Hewitson director<ref>{{cite web |title=First Aid for Aircrew |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=12570 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honorable Mention: '''''Huff and Puff''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Frank Spiller producer, Graham Crabtree director<ref>{{cite web |title=Huff and Puff |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=17073 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> ::Special Mention: '''''Identity''''' — Nova Scotia Film Bureau, Margaret Perry director<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Perry: A Life in Film |url=https://archives.novascotia.ca/perry/results/?Search=&Start=31 |website=archives.novascotia.ca |publisher=Nova Scotia Archives |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::Special Mention: '''''Harvest in the Valley''''' — [[National Film Board of Canada]], Larry Gosnell producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Harvest in the Valley |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=57751 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref> *Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: ''Not awarded'' ::Honorable Mention: '''''Miracle of the Bees''''' — Carey Studios<ref>{{cite web |title=Miracle of the Bees |url=https://screenculture.org/cesif/film/miracle-bees |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honorable Mention: '''''Sibling Relations and Personality''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], [[Stanley Jackson (filmmaker)|Stanley Jackson]] producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=Sibling relations and personality |url=https://www.acmi.net.au/works/72802--sibling-relations-and-personality/ |website=acmi.net.au |publisher=ACMI |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::Special Mention: '''''The Revolution Is Now''''' — [[F.R. Crawley|Crawley Films]], Peter Cock producer and director<ref>{{cite web |title=The Revolution Is Now |url=https://screenculture.org/cesif/film/revolution-now |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref> ::Special Mention: '''''Jamboree''''' — Chetwynd Films, [[Arthur Chetwynd (filmmaker)|Arthur Chetwynd]] producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamboree |url=https://screenculture.org/cesif/film/jamboree |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *Amateur: '''''Calgary Stampede''''' — Jack W. Ruddell director<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Calgary Stampede |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/calgary-stampede |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honorable Mention: '''''Fox Hunting in Canada''''' — Walter Lynch director<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Fox Hunting in Canada |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/fox-hunting-in-canada |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::Honorable Mention: '''''Mexico - Land of Contrast''''' — Norman Cowan and George Herman directors<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Record: Mexico - Land of Contrast |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/mexico-land-of-contast |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> ::Special Mention: '''''Experiment in Animation''''' — Donna Martinez
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
[[Category:1956 film awards|Canadian]] [[Category:Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978)|08]] [[Category:August 1956 in Canada]] [[Category:1956 in Ontario]] [[Category:Stratford, Ontario]]