18th Canadian Film Awards
{{Infobox award
| name = 18th Canadian Film Awards
| image =
| date = May 6, 1966
| location = Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec
| host = Rich Little
| most_awards = The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam
| most_nominations =
| award1_type = Film of the Year
| award1_winner = The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam
| award2_type = Best Feature Film
| award2_winner = Mission of Fear
| previous = 17th
| main = Canadian Film Awards
| next = 19th
}}
The 18th Canadian Film Awards were held on May 6, 1966 to honour achievements in Canadian film.
For the first time, CFA management decided to present the awards on television. The Directors Guild of Canada which, in another first, was presenting CFA awards, voiced what was on everyone's minds: the fear that a poorly-presented show would cause irreparable harm to the CFAs and the industry. After much debate, it was decided that they would go ahead with the live broadcast, which aired coast-to-coast on CBC Television and was hosted by comedian Rich Little."Canadian film award show". The Province, April 29, 1966.
The telecast was plagued by technical difficulties and criticism was harsh, with journalists and industry members calling it "the poor-man's Oscars". It would be several years before the ceremony was telecast again.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}. pp. 73-75.
Winners
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Films
- Film of the Year: The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Douglas Leiterman, Beryl Fox producers, Beryl Fox director{{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: Le Festin des morts (Mission of Fear) — National Film Board of Canada, André Belleau producer, Fernand Dansereau director{{cite web |title=Le festin des morts |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=1181 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- Arts and Experimental: Syrinx — National Film Board of Canada, Ryan Larkin director{{cite web |title=Syrinx |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10830 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- TV Information: Bernard Shaw: Who the Devil Was He? — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Vincent Tovell producer
::Stravinsky — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor producer, Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor directors{{cite web |title=Stravinsky |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=15416 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
::Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen — National Film Board of Canada, John Kemeny producer, Don Owen and Donald Brittain directors{{cite web |title=Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11122 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}
::Certificate of Merit: Huit témoins — National Film Board of Canada, André Belleau producer, Jacques Godbout director{{cite web |title=Huit témoins |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=1492 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
::Certificate of Merit:The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Douglas Leiterman, Beryl Fox producers, Beryl Fox director
- TV Entertainment: Cariboo Country: How to Break a Quarter Horse — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Philip Keatley and Frank Goodship producers, Philip Keatley director{{cite web |title=Cariboo Country |url=https://cfe.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/films/cariboo-country |website=cfe.tiff.net |publisher=Canadian Film Encyclopedia |access-date=25 March 2023}}
- Films for Children: Above the Horizon — National Film Board of Canada, Roman Kroitor and Hugh O'Connor producers and directors{{cite web |title=Above the Horizon |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=11179 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- Travel and Recreation: The 1965 Shell 4000 — Moreland-Latchford Productions, James McCormick producer, Peter Gerretsen director{{cite web |title=The 1965 Shell 4000 |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/1965-shell-4000 |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=24 March 2023}}
::The Railrodder — National Film Board of Canada, Julian Biggs producer, Gerald Potterton director{{cite web |title=The Railrodder |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=65584 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}
- General Information: Buster Keaton Rides Again — National Film Board of Canada, Julian Biggs producer, John Spotton director{{cite web |title=Buster Keaton Rides Again |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10467 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}
- Public Relations: Light for the Mind — Chetwynd Films, Arthur Chetwynd producer, Robert Barclay director{{cite web |title=Light for the Mind |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/light-mind |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=24 March 2023}}
- Sales Promotion: Canadian Industries Ltd. — Moreland-Latchford Productions
- Training and Instruction: The Scribe — Film Tele Productions, Ann Heeley-Ray and Kenneth Heeley-Ray producers, John Sebert director{{cite web |title=The Scribe |url=http://screenculture.org/cesif/film/scribe |website=screenculture.org |publisher=CESIF |access-date=16 March 2023}}
::Decision — Westminster Films, Lee Gordon producer
- Amateur: Settlers — John W. Ruddell director{{cite web |title=Film Record: Settlers, The |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/the-settlers |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=16 March 2023}}
::Certificate of Merit: Her Only Love — Scarborough Film Unit{{cite web |title=Film Record: Her Only Love |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/her-only-love |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=16 March 2023}}
::Certificate of Merit: The Knife — Armand Bélanger director{{cite web |title=Film Record: Knife, The |url=https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/knife-the1 |website=amateurcinema.org |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=16 March 2023}}
Feature Film Craft Award
- Black and White Cinematography: Georges Dufaux - Le Festin des morts (Mission of Fear) (NFB){{cite web |title=Le festin des morts |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/?idfilm=1181 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}
Non-Feature Craft Awards
- Colour Cinematography: Jean-Claude Labrecque and Bernard Gosselin, 60 Cycles (NFB){{cite web |title=60 Cycles |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10820 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=16 March 2023}}
- Direction: Ron Kelly, The Gift
- Film Editing: Don Owen, High Steel (NFB){{cite web|title=High Steel|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10809|website=Our Collection|publisher=National Film Board of Canada|access-date=4 June 2017|language=en}}
Special Awards
::- Un jeu si simple (Such a Simple Game), National Film Board of Canada, Jacques Bobet producer, Gilles Groulx director - "for its success in emphasizing the excitement of hockey through the brilliant mixing of colour and black-and-white photography".{{cite web |title=Such a Simple Game |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=59485 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=24 March 2023}}
::- Guy Roberge, former National Film Board of Canada Commissioner — "for his contribution to the growth of the Canadian film industry".