The Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film was a Canadian film award, historically presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television through its Genie Awards program to a film judged as the year's best short film.[1] The award has been inclusive of short films in the live action drama, animated and documentary genres.
Originally presented by the Canadian Film Awards from their creation in 1949, the award was presented annually until 1964 with the exceptions of 1955, when an honourable mention was given but no formal winner was named, and 1957, when the award was not presented. The award was then not presented in 1965, 1966 or 1967.
Beginning in 1968, the Canadian Film Awards instituted separate award categories for "Film Over 30 Minutes" and "Film Under 30 Minutes". This continued for three years until 1971, when the single award for Best Theatrical Short was reinstituted. Except for 1974, when the Canadian Film Awards were entirely cancelled, the award was presented continuously thereafter until the Canadian Film Awards evolved into the Genie Awards in 1980, and continued to be presented in the early years of the Genie Awards.
After 1985, however, the Academy's presentation of the award varied from year to year, with a single award for Best Theatrical Short presented in some years, while separate awards for Best Live Action Short Drama, Best Animated Short and Best Short Documentary were presented in others. This variability continued until the 17th Genie Awards in 1996; since then, the separate genre categories have been consistently presented at all subsequent Genie or Canadian Screen Award ceremonies, and the Best Theatrical Short category is no longer in use.
1940s
edit| Year | Film | Filmmakers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 1st Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Who Will Teach Your Child? | Stanley Jackson | [1] | |
| Canadian Cameo Series | Bernard Norrish | [1] |
1950s
edit1960s
edit| Year | Film | Filmmakers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 12th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Royal River | Gordon Sparling | [1] | |
| 1961 13th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Universe | Tom Daly, Colin Low, Roman Kroitor | [1] | |
| 1962 14th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Morning on the Lièvre | David Bairstow, Guy Glover | [1] | |
| 1963 15th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Nahanni | Donald Wilder | [1] | |
| 1964 16th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Anniversary | William Weintraub | [1] | |
| 1965 17th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1966 18th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1967 19th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Film Over 30 Minutes | [1] | ||
| Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate | John Howe | ||
| Film Under 30 Minutes | |||
| This Is No Time for Romance (Ça n'est pas le temps des romans) | Fernand Dansereau | ||
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Film Over 30 Minutes | [1] | ||
| Vertige | Gilles Boivin, Clément Perron | ||
| And No Birds Sing | John Thomson | ||
| Hey, Cinderella! | John T. Ross, Peter Miner | ||
| Film Under 30 Minutes | |||
| At Home | Martin Lavut | ||
1970s
edit| Year | Film | Filmmakers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Film Over 30 Minutes | [1] | ||
| A Matter of Fat | William Weintraub | ||
| Film Under 30 Minutes | |||
| Blake | Bill Mason | ||
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Don't Knock the Ox | Tony Ianzelo | [1] | |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| This Is a Photograph | Albert Kish | [1] | |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Goodbye Sousa | Tony Ianzelo | [1] | |
| 1974 | |||
| No award presented | [1] | ||
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Along These Lines | Isabel Ripley, Patrick Watson, Peter Pearson | [1] | |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Cooperage | Phillip Borsos | [1] | |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| Spartree | Phillip Borsos | [1] | |
| Outtakes | Barry Healey | [2] | |
| The Sand Castle (Le Chateau de sable) | Co Hoedeman | ||
| Silent Sky | Laszlo George, David Mackay, Douglas Murray | ||
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | |||
| The Bronswik Affair (L'Affaire Bronswik) | Robert Awad, André Leduc | [1] | |
1980s
edit1990s
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
- ^ "Canadian Film Awards nominations". The Albertan, October 18, 1977.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1981.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
- ^ Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner movie". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.
- ^ Carole Corbeil, "Does anybody care about Genie shorts and documentaries?". The Globe and Mail, March 16, 1984.
- ^ Bruce Bailey, "Quebec sweeps nominations for best-picture Genie awards". Montreal Gazette, February 15, 1985.
- ^ "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988.
- ^ Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies: Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 10, 1991.
- ^ "Exotica dominates Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994.
- ^ "Lepage leads Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, November 8, 1995.
- ^ Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 1996.