17th Canadian Film Awards

17th Canadian Film Awards
17th Canadian Film Awards
Date	May 15, 1965
Location	Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by	Max Ferguson
Highlights
Best Feature Film	The Luck of Ginger Coffey

The 17th Canadian Film Awards were held on May 15, 1965 to honour achievements in Canadian film.

Entries this year numbered 104, including four features. Interest in the event, which was hosted by radio personality Max Ferguson, was such that an overflow crowd had to spill into the Hot Stove Club at Maple Leaf Gardens, where they viewed the ceremony on closed-circuit television.

The entire Canadian film industry was presented with a special medal to commemorate International Co-Operation Year (ICY),^[1] a celebratory designation by the United Nations to direct attention to the common interest and purpose of humanity in achieving peace and human dignity. Dr. J. Roby Kidd,^[2] founding director of the CFA and head of ICY Canada, presented the medal to cinematographer Roy Tash, who accepted it on behalf of the industry.^[3]

^ Johnson, Lyndon B. "Remarks Upon Proclaiming 1965 as International Cooperation Year". presidency.ucsb.edu. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ Mowat, Susanne. "James Robbins Kidd". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 69-71.

[1] Johnson, Lyndon B. "Remarks Upon Proclaiming 1965 as International Cooperation Year". presidency.ucsb.edu. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[2] Mowat, Susanne. "James Robbins Kidd". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[topalovich-3] Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 69-71.

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