5th Canadian Film Awards
The 5th Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 30, 1953 to honour achievements in Canadian film.
Sixty films were entered this year and, in keeping with a new policy of rotating ceremony venues, the event was moved to Montreal and the presentations were in English and French. The ceremony was hosted by Quebec radio and television personality Jacques DesBaillets, with special guest Dorothy Lamour.
Winners
- Film of the Year: Tit-Coq — Les Productions Gratien Gélinas, Gratien Gélinas producer, René Delacroix and Gratien Gélinas directors
- Theatrical Feature Length: Tit-Coq — Les Productions Gratien Gélinas, Gratien Gélinas producer, René Delacroix and Gratien Gélinas directors
- Theatrical Short: L'Homme aux oiseaux — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Bernard Devlin, Jean Palardy directors
- Non-Theatrical, Open: Angotee: Story of an Eskimo Boy — National Film Board of Canada, Michael Spencer producer, Douglas Wilkinson director
- Special Awards:
- Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Shyness — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Stanley Jackson director
- Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Immediate Action — Crawley Films, George Gorman producer and director
- Amateur: ''Not awarded''