15th Canadian Film Awards
{{Infobox award
| name = 15th Canadian Film Awards
| image =
| date = May 10, 1963
| location = Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec
| host = Jeanine Beaubien
| most_awards =
| most_nominations =
| award1_type = Film of the Year
| award1_winner = Lonely Boy
| previous = 14th
| main = Canadian Film Awards
| next = 16th
}}
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.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}. pp. 61-63.
Winners
Films
- Film of the Year: Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors{{cite web |last1=Townend |first1=Paul |last2=Mcintosh |first2=Andrew |title=Canadian Film Awards |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-film-awards |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=5 March 2023}}
- Feature Film: No entries submitted
- Theatrical Short: Nahanni — National Film Board of Canada, Donald Wilder director{{cite web |title=Nahanni |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=72889 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}
- Arts and Experimental: Jour après jour (Day After Day) — National Film Board of Canada, Fernand Dansereau, Victor Jobin, Hubert Aquin producers, Clément Perron director{{cite web |title=Day After Day |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11534 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}
- 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{{cite web |title=The Annanacks |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11503 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- TV Entertainment: Not awarded
- Films for Children: Fantastique — National Film Board of Canada, Jacques Bobet producer, Fernand Rivard director{{cite web |title=Fantastique |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=2116 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
::The Climates of North America — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig director{{cite web |title=The Climates of North America |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11095 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- Travel and Recreation: Grey Cup Festival '62 — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer and director
::Wilderness Treasure — Wilber Sutherland, Bill Mason producers, Bill Mason director{{cite web |title=Wilderness Treasure |url=http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/film/wilderness-treasure |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- General Information: Lonely Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors{{cite web |title=Lonely Boy |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10480 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=2 February 2023}}
- Public Relations: Arctic Island Wildcat — Spence Crilly Film Productions, Spence Crilly producer and director{{cite web |title=George Spencer Crilly, Calgary, Alberta |url=https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/CS.aspx?VP3=DamView&VBID=2R3BXZ7GHDE13&PN=32&DocRID=2R3BF1S7RJAO&FR_=1&W=1653&H=858 |website=digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- Sales Promotion: Partners in Progress — Crawley Films, James Turpie producer and director{{cite web |title=Partners in Progress |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/partners-progress |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=24 March 2023}}
::Patterns — Williams Drege & Hill, Colin Y. Smith director{{cite web |title=Patterns |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/patterns |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=24 March 2023}}
- Training and Instruction: Mathematics at Your Fingertips — National Film Board of Canada, Joe Koenig producer, John Howe director{{cite web |title=Mathematics at Your Fingertips |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=65611 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- Filmed Commercial, Company or Product: Kraft Strawberry — Rabko Television Productions, Don McLean producer
- Filmed Commercial, Public Service: Not awarded
- Amateur: Cathy — Peter Gerretsen director{{cite web |title=Cathy |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/cathy |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=16 March 2023}}
::Certificate of Merit: Poison — Derek A. Davy, Maurice Stevens directors{{cite web |title=Poison |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/poison |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=16 March 2023}}
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){{cite web |title=Saguenay |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/saguenay |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=16 March 2023}}
Special Awards
::Four-Line Conics, (NFB) Trevor Fletcher director — "in recognition of its imaginative and experimental illustration of a specialized mathematical concept".{{cite web |title=Four-Line Conics |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11835 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
::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"