15th Canadian Film Awards

The 15th Canadian Film Awards were held on May 10, 1963 to honour achievements in Canadian film.

This year saw a new record in film submissions: 175 productions from 44 producers, with the greatest increases in the TV Information and Travel and Recreation categories. As one in five submissions was a French-language film, more bi-lingual judges were added and, for the first time, the Canadian Society of Cinematographers joined the CFA.

The event took place in Montreal and returned to being a publicly-attended gala, hosted by Montreal International Theatre founder Jeanine Beaubien.

Films

 * Film of the Year: Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors
 * Feature Film: No entries submitted
 * Theatrical Short: Nahanni — National Film Board of Canada, Donald Wilder director
 * Arts and Experimental: Jour après jour (Day After Day) — National Film Board of Canada, Fernand Dansereau, Victor Jobin, Hubert Aquin producers, Clément Perron director
 * TV Information: Listen with Your Eyes — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Philip Keatley producer and director
 * Les Annanacks — National Film Board of Canada, René Bonnière producer and director


 * TV Entertainment: Not awarded
 * Films for Children: Fantastique — National Film Board of Canada, Jacques Bobet producer, Fernand Rivard director
 * The Climates of North America — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig director


 * Travel and Recreation: Grey Cup Festival '62 — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer and director
 * Wilderness Treasure — Wilber Sutherland, Bill Mason producers, Bill Mason director


 * General Information: Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors
 * Public Relations: Arctic Island Wildcat — Spence Crilly Film Productions, Spence Crilly producer and director
 * Sales Promotion: Partners in Progress — Crawley Films, James Turpie producer and director
 * Patterns — Williams Drege & Hill, Colin Y. Smith director


 * Training and Instruction: Mathematics at Your Fingertips — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig producer, John Howe director
 * Filmed Commercial, Company or Product: Kraft Strawberry — Rabko Television Productions, Don McLean producer
 * Filmed Commercial, Public Service: Not awarded
 * Amateur: Cathy — Peter Gerretsen director
 * Certificate of Merit: Poison — Derek A. Davy, Maurice Stevens directors

Non-Feature Craft Awards

 * Black and White Cinematography: Guy Borremans — Jour après jour (Day After Day) (NFB)
 * Colour Cinematography: Donald Wilder, Nahanni (NFB)
 * Honourable Mention: Christopher Chapman, Saguenay (Crawley Films)

Special Awards

 * Four-Line Conics, (NFB) Trevor Fletcher director — "in recognition of its imaginative and experimental illustration of a specialized mathematical concept".
 * Dorothy Burritt and Oscar Burritt — "for pioneering work over three decades for the development and appreciation of film in Canada".
 * Gaudry Delisle — "for his many years of devoted service for the promotion of a wider understanding and better use of films for educational purposes"