7th Canadian Film Awards
The 7th Canadian Film Awards were announced in 1955 to honour achievements in Canadian film.
The plan was to hold the gala in Ottawa, but the Association of Motion Pictures Producers and Laboratories and National Film Board of Canada commissioner Albert Trueman argued that the event should be a private, industry-only function. This went against one of the Canadian Film Association's main objectives–to show the public the value of the awards. In the end, the winners were announced via press release, award certificates were sent to the winners, and the Ottawa Film Society organized public screenings of the winning films.
Winners
- Film of the Year: The Stratford Adventure — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Morten Parker director
- Theatrical Feature Length : The Stratford Adventure — National Film Board of Canada, Guy Glover producer, Morten Parker director
- Theatrical Short: Not awarded
- Non-Theatrical, Open: Riches of the Earth — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Colin Low director
- Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: Gift of the Glaciers — Film and Photographic Branch, Government of Alberta, K. Hutchinson producer and director
- Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Where None Shall Thirst — United Church of Canada Committee on Missionary Education, Rev. Anson C. Moorehouse producer
- Special Mentions:
- Amateur: Not awarded
- Special Award: