8th Canadian Film Awards
The 8th Canadian Film Awards were held on August 6, 1956 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The ceremony was hosted by actor Maurice Evans.
This year, the event was held in Stratford for three reasons. The Stratford Festival was celebrating its third year, Tyrone Guthrie's Oedipus Rex, the filmed version of the Stratford Festival's production, was the only feature-length film made in Canada in 1956, and Stratford was planning the new international Stratford Film Festival. This was also the year that television awards were introduced.
Winners
- Film of the Year: Not awarded
- Theatrical Feature Length: Not awarded
- Theatrical Short: Gold — National Film Board of Canada, Tom Daly producer, Colin Low director
- TV Information: Saskatchewan Traveller — National Film Board of Canada, Grant McLean producer, Don Haldane director
- Non-Theatrical Open: The Colour of Life — National Film Board of Canada, J.V. Durden producer and director
- Non-Theatrical, Government Sponsored: First Aid for Aircrew — National Film Board of Canada, David Bairstow producer, Walford Hewitson director
- Non-Theatrical, Non-Government Sponsored: Not awarded
- Amateur: Calgary Stampede — Jack W. Ruddell director