The 18th Canadian Film Awards were held on May 6, 1966 to honour achievements in Canadian film.
For the first time, CFA management decided to present the awards on television. The Directors Guild of Canada which, in another first, was presenting CFA awards, voiced what was on everyone's minds: the fear that a poorly-presented show would cause irreparable harm to the CFAs and the industry. After much debate, it was decided that they would go ahead with the live broadcast, which aired coast-to-coast on
CBC Television and was hosted by comedian
Rich Little.[1]
The telecast was plagued by technical difficulties and criticism was harsh, with journalists and industry members calling it "the poor-man's Oscars". It would be several years before the ceremony was telecast again.[2]
- Un jeu si simple(Such a Simple Game),
National Film Board of Canada,
Jacques Bobet producer,
Gilles Groulx director - "for its success in emphasizing the excitement of hockey through the brilliant mixing of colour and black-and-white photography".[22]
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^Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards.
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^"Le festin des morts". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
^"Syrinx". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
^"Stravinsky". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Note: Awards by year articles are listed here by the year of eligibility for nomination; due to variable scheduling of the ceremonies, this is not always the same year in which the awards were presented.