AWARDS OF THE 15th CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Montreal, March 1984. After deliberation, the members of the jury have decided to award the following prizes :
Norman McLaren Award (Grand Prize) :
« ROOM TO RENT » by Annie O’Donoghue (Simon Fraser University, B.C.)
Jury Award (Institut québécois du cinéma) :
« OR’D’UR » and « BETSY » by Bashar Shbib (Concordia University, Montreal)
Awards by category :
Fiction :
« THE ROOMER » by Attila Bertalan (University of British Columbia)
Experimental, ex aequo :
« FROM A WHISPER…TO A SCREAM » by Stephen Campanelli (Concordia
University, Montreal)
« THE DRAGON » by Stefan Pleszczynski (Simon Fraser University, B.C.)
Documentary :
« UNDER THE TABLE » by Luis Osvaldo Garcia and Antonio Venturi (Ryerson,
Ontario)
Animation : not awarded
Special Awards :
Best Director, ex aequo :
« THE ROOMER » by Attila Bertalan (University of British Columbia)
« AN EMPTY CASE OF BLUES » by Michael Pacek (Ryerson, Ontario)
Best Cinematography :
« PART TWO OF THE CRITICAL YEARS: THE DEXTER REPORTS »,
cinematography by Gérald L’Écuyer, Steve Reizes, and Andrew Nevard
(Concordia University, Montreal)
Best Actress :
Wendy Darling in « THE ROOMER » by Attila Bertalan (University of British
Columbia)
Best Actor :
Paul Scriven in « AN EMPTY CASE OF BLUES » by Michael Pacek (Ryerson,
Ontario)
Best Editing :
« THE LEAHYS: MUSIC MOST OF ALL », editing by Peter Weyman and Richard
Taylor (York University, Toronto)
Best Soundtrack :
« THE DRAGON », soundtrack by Stefan Pleszczynski and Simon Purcell (Simon
Fraser University, B.C.)
