The 27th Canadian Film Awards were held on October 24, 1976 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The ceremony was hosted by

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, and was held at the conclusion of the inaugural 1976 Festival of Festivals. Due to ongoing issues with Quebec filmmakers, the CFA's receipt of its annual government grant was contingent upon the reaching of a compromise by the two groups. It was eventually agreed that the two sides would take turns hosting the awards. To shore up public support, there was an increased PR campaign and CTV aired a one-hour broadcast of the awards ceremony. After pre-selection, total submissions to the jury were 171 films, including 17 features and 76 documentaries. After much discussion about whether or not to add a commercial-value award, the CFAs introduced the Golden Reel Award, presented to the year's top-grossing Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

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, 2000. . pp. 111-114.

Winners

Films

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'' — Pentimento Productions and Pentacle VIII Productions,

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and Anthony Bedrich producers,

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director *Best Theatrical Documentary: '' Ahô: The Forest People'' — Productions Via le Monde, François Floquet, Daniel Bertolino producers and directors *Best Documentary: '' Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry'' —

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and Robert Duncan producers,

and John Kramer directors *Best Theatrical Short: '' Cooperage'' — Rocky Mountain Films,

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producer,

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director *Best Arts and Experimental: ''Barbara Is a Vision of Loveliness'' — Lightworks, R. Bruce Elder producer and director *Best TV Drama: ''

For Gentlemen Only ''For Gentlemen Only'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Michael Scott and released in 1976. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film stars Ed McNamara and Hugh Webster as two retired men living in a men's rooming house, ...

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, Vladimir Valenta producer, Michael Scott director

Feature Film Craft Awards

*Best Performance by a Lead Actor:

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- ''Partis pour la gloire'' ''( Bound for Glory) ( NFB) *Best Performance by a Lead Actress:

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'' *Best Supporting Actor: Frank Moore - ''

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'' (Onyx Films) *Best Supporting Actress:

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- '' Second Wind'' (Olympic Films) *Best Art Direction: Anne Pritchard - ''

'' *Best Cinematography:

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'' *Best Direction:

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'' (Film Funding International, Talent Associates) *Best Film Editing:

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- '' Second Wind'' (Olympic Films) *Best Sound Editing: Maurice Schell - ''

'' *Best Music Score:

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- ''La tête de Normande St-Onge'' ''(

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)'' (Cinépix/Productions Carle-Lamy) *Best Original Screenplay: ''Not awarded'' *Best Adapted Screenplay:

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'' *Best Overall Sound: Henri Blondeau (recording), Richard Voriser and Stephen Dalby (re-recording) - ''

Non-Feature Craft Awards

*Performance by a Lead Actor:

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and Hugh Webster - ''

'' *Performance by a Lead Actress:

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- ''Bargain Basement'' ( NFB) *Supporting Actor or Actress: David Gardner - ''

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'' ( CBC) *Art Direction: ''Not awarded'' *Cinematography: Robert Ryan - ''Killers of the Wild'' (Superstar International) *Direction:

and John Kramer - '' Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry'' *Film Editing: John Kramer - '' Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry'' *Sound Editing: Les Halman and Abbey Neidik - '' Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry'' *Music Score: Alain Clavier - '' Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry'' *Screenplay: David King - ''

'' *Non-Dramatic Script:

and John Kramer - '' Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry'' *Sound Recording: Roland Martel and Carle Delaroche-Vernet - '' Ahô: The Forest People'' *Sound Re-Recording: Joe Grimaldi and Austin Grimaldi - ''The Last Cause'' (

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Productions)

Special Awards

*''The Last Cause'',

Productions, William Brennan producer - "for its monumental compilation of historic footage". *Dennis Zahoruk - for his first feature film, '' Brethren''. *Golden Reel Award: ''

'', Harry Gulkin and Anthony Bedrich producers, "for highest-grossing film". *

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- "for her contribution to the art of animation" in ''

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''. * John Grierson Award: Tom Daly - "for outstanding contributions to Canadian cinema".

References

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