This is a list of Canadian films which were released in the 1950s.

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1950
Forbidden JourneyRichard J. JarvisJan Rubeš, Susan Douglas, John ColicosDrama
Lights of My City (Les Lumières de ma ville)Jean-Yves BigrasHuguette Oligny, Monique LeyracDrama[1]
SéraphinPaul GuryHector Charland, Nicole Germain, Guy ProvostDrama[2]
1951
Around Is Around & Now Is the TimeNorman McLarenNFB experimental shortsAn early experimentation in 3D by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart; CFA - Special award[3]
The Fight: Science against CancerMorten ParkerNFB animated shortAcademy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject); Canadian Film Award - Special Award[4]
NeighboursNorman McLarenGrant Munro, Jean Paul LadouceurNFB short made by pixilation techniqueAcademy Award Short Subject (One-reel) nominee and Best Documentary (Short Subject) winner; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork
Newfoundland SceneF. R. CrawleyFrank PeddieDocumentary
Royal JourneyDavid Bairstow, Gudrun Parker, Roger BlaisNFB documentary
1952
The Bird Fancier (L'Homme aux oiseaux)Bernard Devlin, Jean PalardyDrama
Étienne Brûlé, gibier de potenceMelburn TurnerPaul Dupuis, Jacques Auger, Ginette LetondalDramaThe film was shot in both French and English, and is credited as being the first Canadian feature in colour.[5]
Little Aurore's Tragedy (La petite Aurore, l’enfant martyre)Jean-Yves BigrasYvonne Laflamme, Lucie MitchellDrama[6]
The Nightingale and the Bells (Le Rossignol et les cloches)René DelacroixGérard Barbeau, Nicole Germain, Jean Coutu, Juliette BéliveauDrama
Opera SchoolGudrun ParkerMarguerite GignacDocudrama
The Romance of Transportation in CanadaColin LowNFB animated shortThe received a special BAFTA Award, the Short Film Palme d'Or for animation at Cannes Film Festival, as well as an Academy Award for Animated Short Film nomination.
1953
Farewell Oak StreetGrant McLeanKate Reid, Eric ClaveringDocudramaCanadian Film Award – Theatrical Short[7]
Herring HuntJulian BiggsNFB shortAcademy Award nominee[8]
A Mother's Heart (Cœur de maman)René DelacroixJeanne Demons, Paul Desmarteaux, Jean-Paul Dugas, Paul GuèvremontDrama
Tit-CoqRené Delacroix & Gratien GélinasGratien Gélinas, Clément Latour, Monique Miller, Denise Pelletier, Paul DupuisDrama based on the play by Gélinas
1954
CorralColin LowNFB short
The SeasonsChristopher ChapmanShort documentary
The Stratford AdventureMorten ParkerNarrated by John DrainieNFB documentaryThis was named Film of the Year at the Canadian Film Awards and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
1955
Blinkity BlankNorman McLarenNFB animated shortIt received the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival
1956
GoldColin LowDocumentary short
RythmeticNorman McLaren & Evelyn LambartNFB animated short
SkidrowAllan KingCBC documentaryCanadian Film Awards – TV Information[9]
Le Village enchantéMarcel Racicot & Réal RacicotAnimatedCanada's first animated feature.[10]
1957
A Chairy TaleNorman McLaren & Claude JutraClaude JutraNFB short PixilationNominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Live Action)
City of GoldColin Low & Wolf KoenigKlondike Gold Rush; DocumentaryWinner of the Palme d'or for best short film at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects
Legend of the RavenJudith CrawleyDocumentaryCanadian Film Awards – Arts and Experimental[11]
Oedipus RexTyrone GuthrieDouglas Campbell, Eleanor Stuart, William Hutt, Douglas RainClassic drama from the original Stratford Festival stage version based on a translation by W.B. Yeats[12]
1958
Les brûlésBernard DevlinJean Lajeunesse, J. Léo Gagnon, Félix LeclercDrama
A Dangerous AgeSidney J. FurieBen Piazza, Anne Pearson, Kate Reid, Austin Willis, Barbara HamiltonDrama
Flaming FrontierSam NewfieldBruce Bennett, Jim Davis, Cec Linder, Larry SolwayWesternA low-budget B-Western shot in Los Angeles and Calgary and made with Canadian financing.[13]
Ivy League KillersWilliam DavidsonDon Borisenko, Don Francks, Barbara BrickerDrama
The Living StoneJohn FeeneyNFB documentaryNominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Money MintersTed De WitDocumentary
Now That April's HereWilliam Davidson, Norman KlenmanDon Borisenko, Judy Welch, John Drainie, Katherine Blake, Tony Grey, Walter MasseyDrama[14]
The QuestStanley JacksonLeo Ciceri, Dennis Stanway, Norman EttlingerShort drama
Les RaquetteursMichel Brault, Gilles GroulxNFB documentary
The Tall CountryOsmond BorradaileDocumentary
Wolf DogSam NewfieldBen Piazza, Austin WillisDrama
1959
The Back-Breaking LeafTerence Macartney-FilgateNFB documentaryPart of the groundbreaking NFB Candid Eye series shown on the CBC-TV (1958–61); Cannes Film Festival – Palme d'Or for Television Documentary[15]
The Bloody BroodJulian RoffmanJack Betts, Barbara Lord, Peter Falk, Robert ChristieDrama
A Cool Sound from HellSidney J. FurieAnthony Ray, Carolyn D’Annibale, Madeline KronbyDrama
Glenn Gould: On/Off the RecordWolf Koenig, Roman KroitorNFB documentaryPart of the Candid Eye series[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ Les Lumières de ma ville http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=98&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Séraphin http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=96&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 12–13, 154. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ Pallister, Janis L. (1995). The Cinema of Québec: Masters in Their Own House. Mississauga: Associated University Presses. p. 66. ISBN 0-8386-3562-8.
  6. ↑ Clandfield, David (1987). Canadian Film. Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-19-540581-1.
  7. ↑ Farewell Oak Street https://www.nfb.ca/film/farewell_oak_street Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Herring Hunt". www.nfb.ca. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  9. ↑ Skidrow http://hotdocslibrary.ca/en/detail.cfm?filmId=22523 Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  10. ↑ Clandfield, David (1987). Canadian Film. Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 119. ISBN 0-19-540581-1.
  11. ↑ Legend of the Raven http://www.screenculture.org/cesif/node/1350%5B%5D Retrieved 8/6/15.
  12. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  13. ↑ Flaming Frontier http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=123&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved 8/6/15.
  14. ↑ Clandfield, David (1987). Canadian Film. Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 87. ISBN 0-19-540581-1.
  15. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-8020-3512-4. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  16. ↑ Glenn Gould: On the Record https://www.nfb.ca/film/glenn_gould_on_record
  17. ↑ Glenn Gould: Off the Record https://www.nfb.ca/film/glenn_gould_off_record Retrieved 8/6/15.
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