The 2nd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 19, 1950 to honour achievements in Canadian film.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.

The number of entries for this year's awards rose to 43, from 21 producers. Only one feature-length theatrical film was entered—Quebec Productions' Le Curé de village. The quality of all entries was so high, the jury could not choose a Film of the Year, instead opting to award Special Citations.^[1]

Winners

• Film of the Year: Not awarded
• Theatrical Short: La terre de Caïn (North Shore) — National Film Board of Canada, James Beveridge producer, Pierre Petel director^[2]

Honourable Mention: Summer Is for Kids — National Film Board of Canada, Sydney Newman producer, Stanley Jackson director^[3]

• Non-Theatrical, Open: Family Circles — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker and Tom Daly producers, Morten Parker director^[4]

Honourable Mention: Children's Concert — National Film Board of Canada, Gudrun Parker producer and director^[5]

• Non-Theatrical, Sponsored: Science at Your Service — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Ronald Dick director^[6]

Honourable Mention: Zéro de conduite (Winter Blunderland) — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer ^[7]

• Amateur: Mouvement perpétuel (Perpetual Movement) — Claude Jutra producer and director^[8]

Honourable Mention: In the Daytime — Stanley Fox, Peter Varley producers^[9]

• Special Awards:

- Primitive Artists of Haiti — Benoît and de Tonnancourt Films, Réal Benoît, André de Tonnancourt producers, "for its successful attempt to interpret other cultures and other peoples to Canadians".^[10]

- Begone Dull Care — National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren producer, Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart directors - "in recognition of the successful contribution of an experimental approach to filmmaking by Norman McLaren and his associates".^[11]

- Quebec Productions, Paul L'Anglais and René Germain producers,^[12] "for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada" (through its creation of the films The Village Priest (Le Curé de Village), Whispering City/La Forteresse, A Man and His Sin (Un homme et son péché) and Séraphin).^[13]

• Special Citations:

The Canadian Heritage — Audio Pictures^[14]

Animules — Louis Shore^[15]

Borderline Cases — Associated Screen Studios, Bernard Norrish producer, Gordon Sparling director^[16]

Ballet Festival — National Film Board of Canada, Don Mulholland producer, Roger Blais director^[17]

Portrait — Robert Sparks, Phyllis Mawdsley

A Mile Below the Wheat — Crawley Films, Gerald Moses director^[18]

The Rising Tide — National Film Board of Canada, James Beveridge producer, Jean Palardy director^[19]

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