20th Canadian Film Awards
The 20th Canadian Film Awards were held on October 4, 1968 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The ceremony was hosted by Bill Walker and Louise Marleau.
The 1968 awards represented the first time that the awards were presented by an organization independently incorporated as the Canadian Film Awards, with its own board of directors, rather than by the consortium of the Canadian Association of Adult Education, the Canadian Foundation and the Canadian Film Institute. It was also the first time that awards were presented in many of the craft categories, such as for actors and actresses.Winners
Films
- Film of the Year: A Place to Stand — Christopher Chapman
- Best Feature Film: The Ernie Game — Gordon Burwash, Walford Hewitson
- Documentary Over 30 Minutes: Never a Backward Step — Donald Brittain, Arthur Hammond, John Spotton
- Documentary Under 30 Minutes: With Drums and Trumpets — Marcel Carrière
- Film Over 30 Minutes: Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate — John Howe
- Film Under 30 Minutes: This Is No Time for Romance - Fernand Dansereau
- Animated: No winner; honorable mention to Un enfant du pays — Pierre Moretti
- Amateur: Il était une plume — Robert Lachapelle
- Travel and Recreation: Countdown to a Gold Medal — Denis Hargrave
- Public Relations: Carstairs, Tell the People — Seaton Findlay
- Sales Promotion: Life Is Worth the Living — Gerald S. Kedley
Feature craft
- Actor: Gerard Parkes, Isabel
- Actress: Geneviève Bujold, Isabel
- Black & White Cinematography: Bernard Gosselin, The Times That Are
- Colour Cinematography: Georges Dufaux, Isabel
- Direction: Don Owen, The Ernie Game
- Editing: George Appleby, Isabel
- Sound: Serge Beauchemin, Alain Dostie, The Times That Are
Non-feature craft
- Cinematography: Denis Gillson, Waiting for Caroline
- Sound Editing: Ken Heeley-Ray, A Place to Stand
- Musical Score: Louis Applebaum, Athabasca
- Screenplay: Phillip Hersch, Wojeck: "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
- Non-Dramatic Script: Hugh Kemp, The Secret Years of El Dorado
- Sound Recording: Ron Alexander and Roger Lamoureux, Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate
Special awards
- Special Award: Wescam; Barry D. Gordon and Don Weed; Gerald Graham
- John Drainie Award: Esse Ljungh, W. O. Mitchell, Tommy Tweed, Jean Murray
