4th Canadian Film Awards
The 4th Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 27, 1952 to honour achievements in Canadian film.
This year's submissions were 20 documentaries and 50 films, including five full-length features, three of them French-language. Several changes were made; categories were expanded, the jury screenings were moved to Montreal, and more French-speaking judges were included. Also, the awards ceremony was moved from Ottawa to Toronto; this year's host was University of Toronto president Sidney Earle Smith.
Winners
Films
- Film of the Year: Newfoundland Scene: A Tale of Outport Adventure — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer and director
- Theatrical Feature Length : Royal Journey — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, David Bairstow, Gudrun Parker, Roger Blais directors
- Theatrical Short: Opera School — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Gudrun Parker director
- Non-Theatrical, Open: Newfoundland Scene: A Tale of Outport Adventure — Crawley Films, F. R. Crawley producer and director
- Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Milk-Made — National Film Board of Canada, Michael Spencer producer, Larry Gosnell director
- Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Packaged Power — Crawley Films, Quentin Brown producer
- Amateur: A Camper and His Canoe — David Palter producer and director
- Special Award: Around Is Around and Now is the Time - National Film Board of Canada, Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart producers, Norman McLaren director, "in recognition of research in a new area of filmmaking".