Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film

Canadian film award

The Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film was a Canadian film award, historically presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television through its Genie Awards program to a film judged as the year's best short film.[1] The award has been inclusive of short films in the live action drama, animated and documentary genres.

Originally presented by the Canadian Film Awards from their creation in 1949, the award was presented annually until 1964 with the exceptions of 1955, when an honourable mention was given but no formal winner was named, and 1957, when the award was not presented. The award was then not presented in 1965, 1966 or 1967.

Beginning in 1968, the Canadian Film Awards instituted separate award categories for "Film Over 30 Minutes" and "Film Under 30 Minutes". This continued for three years until 1971, when the single award for Best Theatrical Short was reinstituted. Except for 1974, when the Canadian Film Awards were entirely cancelled, the award was presented continuously thereafter until the Canadian Film Awards evolved into the Genie Awards in 1980, and continued to be presented in the early years of the Genie Awards.

After 1985, however, the Academy's presentation of the award varied from year to year, with a single award for Best Theatrical Short presented in some years, while separate awards for Best Live Action Short Drama, Best Animated Short and Best Short Documentary were presented in others. This variability continued until the 17th Genie Awards in 1996; since then, the separate genre categories have been consistently presented at all subsequent Genie or Canadian Screen Award ceremonies, and the Best Theatrical Short category is no longer in use.

## 1940s

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1949
1st Canadian Film Awards
Who Will Teach Your Child? | Stanley Jackson | [1]
Canadian Cameo Series | Bernard Norrish | [1]

## 1950s

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1950
2nd Canadian Film Awards
North Shore (La Terre de Cain) | James Beveridge | [1]
Summer Is for Kids | Stanley Jackson | [1]
1951
3rd Canadian Film Awards
After Prison, What? | Ron Weyman | [1]
1952
4th Canadian Film Awards
Opera School | Gudrun Parker | [1]
The Fruitful Earth | Bernard Norrish | [1]
The Man in the Peace Tower | Roger Blais
Struggle for Oil | Ronald Dick
1953
5th Canadian Film Awards
The Bird Fancier (L'Homme aux oiseaux) | Bernard Devlin, Jean Palardy | [1]
Canine Crimebusters | Bernard Norrish | [1]
Citizen Varek | Gordon Burwash
The Roaring Game | Bernard Norrish
The Wind-Swept Isles (Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine) | Jean Palardy
1954
6th Canadian Film Awards
Farewell Oak Street | Grant McLean | [1]
Danish Seining | Herman Noelle | [1]
The Settler (L'Abatis) | Bernard Devlin
1955
7th Canadian Film Awards
High Tide in Newfoundland | Grant McLean | [1]
Honourable mention only; no official winner named
1956
8th Canadian Film Awards
Gold | Colin Low | [1]
Jolifou Inn | Colin Low | [1]
The Shepherd | Julian Biggs
1957
9th Canadian Film Awards
No award presented | [1]
1958
10th Canadian Film Awards
The Sceptre and the Mace | John Howe | [1]
1959
11th Canadian Film Awards
Money Minters | Ted De Wit | [1]
The Quest | Nicholas Balla, Stanley Jackson
The Tall Country | Lew Parry, Osmond Borradaile

## 1960s

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1960
12th Canadian Film Awards
Royal River | Gordon Sparling | [1]
1961
13th Canadian Film Awards
Universe | Tom Daly, Colin Low, Roman Kroitor | [1]
1962
14th Canadian Film Awards
Morning on the Lièvre | David Bairstow, Guy Glover | [1]
1963
15th Canadian Film Awards
Nahanni | Donald Wilder | [1]
1964
16th Canadian Film Awards
Anniversary | William Weintraub | [1]
1965
17th Canadian Film Awards
No award presented | [1]
1966
18th Canadian Film Awards
No award presented | [1]
1967
19th Canadian Film Awards
No award presented | [1]
1968
20th Canadian Film Awards
Film Over 30 Minutes | [1]
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate | John Howe
Film Under 30 Minutes
This Is No Time for Romance (Ça n'est pas le temps des romans) | Fernand Dansereau
1969
21st Canadian Film Awards
Film Over 30 Minutes | [1]
Vertige | Gilles Boivin, Clément Perron
And No Birds Sing | John Thomson
Hey, Cinderella! | John T. Ross, Peter Miner
Film Under 30 Minutes
At Home | Martin Lavut

## 1970s

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Year  | Film  | Filmmakers  | Ref

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1970
22nd Canadian Film Awards
Film Over 30 Minutes | [1]
A Matter of Fat | William Weintraub
Film Under 30 Minutes
Blake | Bill Mason
1971
23rd Canadian Film Awards
Don't Knock the Ox | Tony Ianzelo | [1]
1972
24th Canadian Film Awards
This Is a Photograph | Albert Kish | [1]
1973
25th Canadian Film Awards
Goodbye Sousa | Tony Ianzelo | [1]
1974
No award presented | [1]
1975
26th Canadian Film Awards
Along These Lines | Isabel Ripley, Patrick Watson, Peter Pearson | [1]
1976
27th Canadian Film Awards
Cooperage | Phillip Borsos | [1]
1977
28th Canadian Film Awards
Spartree | Phillip Borsos | [1]
Outtakes | Barry Healey | [2]
The Sand Castle (Le Chateau de sable) | Co Hoedeman
Silent Sky | Laszlo George, David Mackay, Douglas Murray
1978
29th Canadian Film Awards
The Bronswik Affair (L'Affaire Bronswik) | Robert Awad, André Leduc | [1]

## 1980s

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1980
1st Genie Awards
Nails | Phillip Borsos | [1]
Track Stars: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound | Terry Burke  | [3]
Twice Upon a Time... (Il était deux fois) | Giles Walker
1981
2nd Genie Awards
The Strongest Man in the World | Halya Kuchmij | [1]
Heavy Horse Pull | Roberta King, Ronald Squire | [4]
History of the World in Three Minutes Flat | Michael Mills
1982
3rd Genie Awards
Zea | André Leduc, Robert Forget, Jean-Jacques Leduc | [1]
Top Priority | Ishu Patel | [5]
Voyage de nuit | Roger Frappier, Carole Mondello
1983
4th Genie Awards
Elvis Gratton | Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin | [1]
Footsteps | Scott Barrie | [6]
The Only Game in Town | David Fine, Ron Mann
The Toaster (Le Toasteur) | Michel Bouchard
1984
5th Genie Awards
Ted Baryluk's Grocery | Michael Scott, Wolf Koenig | [1]
Brushstrokes | Sylvie Fefer | [7]
Snow | Stephen Zoller, Tibor Takács
1985
6th Genie Awards
Charade | Jon Minnis | [1]
I Think of You Often | Scott Barrie | [8]
Productivity and Performance by Alex K. | Nicolas Stiliadis, Syd Cappe
The Terrapin (La Terrapène) | Michel Bouchard, Jacques Pettigrew
1986
7th Genie Awards
No award presented; see separate genre lists. | [1]
1987
8th Genie Awards
No award presented; see separate genre lists. | [1]
1988
9th Genie Awards
George and Rosemary | David Fine, Alison Snowden | [1]
Fashion 99 | Karen Firus | [9]
Future Block | Kevin McCracken
1989
10th Genie Awards
No award presented; see separate genre lists. | [1]

## 1990s

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1990
11th Genie Awards
No award presented; see separate genre lists. | [1]
1991
12th Genie Awards
Saeed | Mehra Meh | [1]
Edsville | James O'Regan | [10]
Man Descending | Raymond Lorenz, Neil Grieve
The Night of the Visitor (La Nuit du visiteur) | René Gueissaz
The Star Turn | Donald Booth
1992
13th Genie Awards
No award presented; see separate genre lists. | [1]
1993
14th Genie Awards
No award presented; see separate genre lists. | [1]
1994
15th Genie Awards
Arrowhead | Emmet Sheil, Peter Lynch | [1]
Bob's Birthday | David Fine, Alison Snowden | [11]
Collateral Damage | Leonard Farlinger, Pamela Davenport
Save My Lost Nigga Soul | Damon D'Oliveira, Clement Virgo
Without Rockets | Keith Tomasek, Gary Yates
1995
16th Genie Awards
Magical Flowers (Les fleurs magiques) | Jean-Marc Vallée | [1]
The End of the World in Four Seasons | Marcy Page, Paul Driessen | [12]
Movements of the Body: "1st Movement: The Gesture"  | Wayne Traudt
Off Key | Karethe Linaae, Wade Ferley
You Love Me I Hate You | Myra Fried, Rosamund Owen
1996
17th Genie Awards
The Home for Blind Women | Sandra Kybartas | [1]
Curtains (Rideau) | Mark Morgenstern, Stephanie Morgenstern | [13]
The Feeler | Colleen Murphy, Elizabeth Yake

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
2. ^ "Canadian Film Awards nominations". The Albertan, October 18, 1977.
3. ^ Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.
4. ^ Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1981.
5. ^ Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
6. ^ Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner movie". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.
7. ^ Carole Corbeil, "Does anybody care about Genie shorts and documentaries?". The Globe and Mail, March 16, 1984.
8. ^ Bruce Bailey, "Quebec sweeps nominations for best-picture Genie awards". Montreal Gazette, February 15, 1985.
9. ^ "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988.
10. ^ Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies: Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 10, 1991.
11. ^ "Exotica dominates Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994.
12. ^ "Lepage leads Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, November 8, 1995.
13. ^ Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 1996.

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