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The Bijou Awards were a Canadian award for non-feature films, launched in 1981 but presented only once before being discontinued.[1] Created as a joint project of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and the Canadian Film and Television Association (CFTA), the awards were essentially a new home for many of the categories, particularly but not exclusively the ones for television films, that had been dropped after the old Canadian Film Awards transitioned into the Genie Awards in 1980,[2] as well as for the CFTA's trade and craft awards in areas such as television advertising and educational films.[3]

The ceremony was held on October 28, 1981, at Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario, and hosted by Nancy White.[4]

The awards were not presented in subsequent years, as the Academy of Canadian Cinema undertook detailed planning toward introducing permanent television awards;[5] however, some later sources have occasionally misattributed the Bijou winners as Genie winners. The Gemini Awards, the Academy's permanent awards for television production, were launched in 1986 after the Academy took over the ACTRA Awards, and in 2012 the Genies and the Geminis were merged into the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards.

Winners and nominees[edit]

Best Television Drama Over 30 MinutesBest Television Drama Under 30 Minutes
Best Documentary Over 30 MinutesBest Documentary Under 30 Minutes
Best ActorBest Actress
  • Blue ribbon Lally Cadeau, You've Come a Long Way, Katie
  • Sharry Flett, War Brides
  • Dixie Seatle, A Population of One
Best AnimationBest Television Variety or Music
  • Getting Started — Richard Condie, Jerry Krepavich
  • One Way Street (Les Naufragés du quartier) — Bernard Longpré
  • Premiers jours — Clorinda Warny, Suzanne Gervais, Lina Gagnon
  • Royal Canadian Air Farce — Trevor Evans
  • Catulli Carmina
  • The Hawk
Best Director of a DramaBest Director of a Documentary
  • Donald Brittain, The Running Man
  • Martin Lavut, War Brides
  • Peter Rowe, Final Edition
  • Norma Bailey, Nose and Tina
  • Robert Fresco, Steady as She Goes
  • Nick Kendall, The Last Pharaoh
Nielsen-Ferns International First Production AwardChetwynd Award for Business Promotion
  • Exposure - Wayne Arron
  • Against the River — York University Film Department
  • Steady as She Goes — Pretty Pictures
  • PFA Labs
Best ScreenplayBest Non-Dramatic Script
  • Gilles Carle and Roger Lemelin, The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)
  • Tony Sheer, Final Edition
  • Grahame Woods, War Brides
  • Michel Gerard, The Canadian Establishment: "Ten Toronto Street"
  • Donald Brittain, The Lost Pharaoh
  • Gail Singer, Love, Honoured and Bruised
Best Instructional ProgramBest Commercial
  • Estuary — Peter Jones
  • Class Project: The Garbage Movie
  • What's Bugging Him?
  • Imperial Oil: "Energy Efficiency" — Patti Grech
  • Coffee Council: "Cowboys" — Rabko Television Productions
  • Sunlight: "Wedding" — The Partners Film Co.
Best Art DirectionBest Music Score
  • Barbara McLean, War Brides
  • Larry Crosley, The Lost Pharaoh
Best Cinematography in a DramaBest Cinematography in a Documentary
  • Vic Sarin, War Brides
  • Robert Fresco, Steady as She Goes
Best Independent ProductionBest Sales, Promotion or Public Relations Film
  • The Breakthrough — Ira Levy, Peter Williamson
  • The Olden Days Coat
  • One Thousand Dozen
  • Le Paradis des Chefs — Badji le pur
  • Snow — Lloyd Walton for Ontario Parks
  • Be a Winner! — Pro Creation Canada
  • The Little Paper That Grew — Extra Modern Productions
Best Editing in a DramaBest Editing in a Documentary
  • Myrtle Virgo, War Brides
  • Harvey Zlaterits, The Hawk
Best SoundBest Visual Effects
  • Ed Chong, The Running Man
  • Colin Chivers, RC Cola: "Innertube"
Best Audio-Video, 1-7 Projector ProgramsBest Audio-Video, 8-18 Projector Programs
  • Modulighting
  • The Green Network

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brides nominated for 7 awards". The Province, October 7, 1981.
  2. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 135-139.
  3. ^ "Bijou Awards bow for shorts and TV prods". Cinema Canada, November 1981.
  4. ^ "War Brides top Bijou winner". Regina Leader-Post, October 30, 1981.
  5. ^ Mark Dillon, "Playback tribute: a reinvigorated Academy celebrates its legacy". Playback, March 7, 2014.