23rd Canadian Film Awards
The 23rd Canadian Film Awards were held on October 1, 1971 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The ceremony was hosted by Leslie Nielsen.Winners
Films
- Best Picture: Mon oncle Antoine — Marc Beaudet
- Documentary Over 30 Minutes: Les Philharmonistes — Yves Leduc
- Documentary Under 30 Minutes: The Sea — Bané Jovanovic
- Theatrical Short: Don't Knock the Ox — Tony Ianzelo
- Animated: Evolution — Michael Mills
- Arts and Experimental: Essai à la mille — Jean-Claude Labrecque; — Christopher Homer
- TV Drama: The Megantic Outlaw — Ron Kelly
- TV Information: — Jerry Lawton
- Nature and Wildlife: Temples of Time — William Canning
- Travel and Recreation: — C. N. Ross, Eric Jensen; Ski de Fond, Roger Rochat
- Public Relations: — Lee Gordon, Donald Haldane
- Sales Promotion: Containerization — Brant E. Ducey
- Training and Instruction: It Starts at the Top — Chetwynd Films
Feature craft
- Actor: Jean Duceppe, Mon oncle Antoine
- Actress: Ann Knox, The Only Thing You Know
- Supporting Actor: Danny Freedman, Fortune and Men's Eyes
- Supporting Actress: Olivette Thibault, Mon oncle Antoine
- Art Direction: Alexander Kuznetsov, Tiki Tiki
- Cinematography: Michel Brault, Mon oncle Antoine
- Direction: Claude Jutra, Mon oncle Antoine
- Editing: Douglas Robertson, Fortune and Men's Eyes
- Sound Editing: no award
- Musical Score: Jean Cousineau, Mon oncle Antoine
- Screenplay: Clément Perron, Mon oncle Antoine
- Sound: Roger Lamoureux, Mon oncle Antoine
Non-feature craft
- Actor: Colin Fox, Durham and the Two Nations
- Actress: Carole Lazare, The Megantic Outlaw
- Art Direction: Richard Lambert, The Magnificent Gift
- Black & White Cinematography: Ron Hallis and Snak Zatoli, Toni, Randi and Marie
- Colour Cinematography: Bill Mason, Death of a Legend
- Direction: Michael McKennirey, Atonement
- Editing: John Sannen,
- Sound Editing: Serge Beauchemin, Les Philharmonistes
- Musical Score: Larry Crosley, Seasons in the Mind
- Screenplay: Don Arioli, Propaganda Message and Hot Stuff
- Non-Dramatic Script: Claude Péloquin, L'Homme nouveau
- Sound Recording: Dan Gibson, Sounds of Nature
- Sound Re-Recording: Film House, North of Superior''
Special awards
- Special Award: Multiscreen Corporation
- Special Award: Clarke Mackey, The Only Thing You Know
- John Drainie Award: Lister Sinclair
