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The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Motion Picture to the best Canadian film of the year.[1]
The award was first presented in 1949 by the Canadian Film Awards under the title Film of the Year. Due to the economics of Canadian film production, however, most Canadian films made in this era were documentaries or short films rather than full-length narrative feature films. In some years, a Film of the Year award was not formally presented, with the highest film award presented that year being in the Theatrical Short or Amateur Film categories.
In 1964, the Canadian Film Awards introduced an award for Best Feature Film. For the remainder of the 1960s, the two awards were presented alongside each other to different films, except in 1965 when a Feature Film was named and a Film of the Year was not, and in 1967 when the same film was named the winner of both categories. After 1970, however, the Film of the Year category was no longer used except in 1975, when due to the cancellation of the awards in 1974, it was presented alongside the Feature Film category as a de facto second Best Picture award, so that winners for both 1974 and 1975 could be named.[2]
As of 1980, the award was taken over by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; as of 2013, it is presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
Film of the Year (1949-1975)
1940s
| Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 1st Canadian Film Awards | |||
| The Loon's Necklace | F. R. Crawley | [1] |
1950s
| Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 2nd Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1951 3rd Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1952 4th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Newfoundland Scene | F. R. Crawley | [1] | |
| 1953 5th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Tit-Coq | Gratien Gélinas | [1] | |
| 1954 6th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| The Seasons | Christopher Chapman | [1] | |
| 1955 7th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| The Stratford Adventure | Guy Glover | [1] | |
| 1956 8th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1957 9th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1958 10th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| City of Gold | Tom Daly, Colin Low, Wolf Koenig | [1] | |
| 1959 11th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
1960s
| Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 12th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1961 13th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Universe | Tom Daly, Colin Low, Roman Kroitor | [1] | |
| 1962 14th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1963 15th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Lonely Boy | Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig | [1] | |
| 1964 16th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Pour la suite du monde | Fernand Dansereau, Pierre Perrault, Jacques Bobet | [1] | |
| 1965 17th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1966 18th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam | Beryl Fox, Douglas Leiterman | [1] | |
| 1967 19th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Warrendale | Allan King, Patrick Watson | [1] | |
| 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| A Place to Stand | Christopher Chapman, David Mackay | [1] | |
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | |||
| The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar | John Kemeny, Barrie Howells | [1] | |
1970s
| Year | Film | Producers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards | |||
| To See Or Not to See (Psychocratie) | Robert Verral, Wolf Koenig | [1] | |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1974 Award presented in 1975 | |||
| The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | John Kemeny | [1] | |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Orders (Les Ordres) | Gui Caron, Bernard Lalonde | [1] | |