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11th Canadian Film Awards
The
11th
Canadian Film Awards
were held on
June 5
, 1959 to honour achievements in
Canadian film
. The ceremony was hosted by W. J. Sheridan, the
president
of the
Canadian Public Relations Society
.
Winners
Films
Theatrical Short:
Money Minters
—
Ted De Wit
TV Information: Winter Crossing at l'Île-aux-Coudres —
Pierre Perrault
Travel and Recreation:
Grey Cup
Festival '58
—
Arthur Chetwynd
General Information:
The Living
Stone —
John Feeney
Public Relations:
Saskatchewan, Our University
—
Edmund Reid
Sales Promotion: Beauty
to Live
With — Edmund Reid
Training and Instruction:
Fire in Town
—
Julian Biggs
Filmed Commercial: "Du Maurier Cigarettes" —
Richard Jarvis
Amateur: Watch Out — Jack Ruddell
Special awards
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation
— "for its encouragement of the appreciation of good filmmaking over the years through Gerald Pratley's two
weekly
radio programs
,
The Movie
Scene
and
Music from the Films
"
Dean Walker
— "for encouragement of high standards in Canadian
film production
through his articles"