Centre of Films for Children, 1977 American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Environmental Issues, 1980 Waterloo Farmers (1976) Festival of Agricultural Films & Rural Themes, Santarém, Portugal: Bronze Bunch, Third Prize, 1976 Los Canadienses (1976) 30th British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, 1977 Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Silver Hugo Award, 1977 Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan: Golden Sheaf Award, Best Documentary, 1977 Melbourne Film Festival: TV Award for Best Film Made for TV, 1977 American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, International History and Culture, 1977 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, Mannheim, Germany: Special Mention from the Fédération internationale de la presse cinématographique, 1976 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, Mannheim, Germany: Special Prize for the Best Film, 1976 Path of the Paddle: Doubles Whitewater (1977) 31st British Academy Film Awards, London: BAFTA award for Best Specialised Film, 1978 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany: Grand Prix of the Cultural Ministry of Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1977 Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Special Jury Award for Outstanding Achievement - Film as Communication, 1977 Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, Education, 1978 C.I.D.A.L.C. International Festival of Sports Films, Rennes, France: René Barthélemy Award 1982 International Film Festival for River Descent, Vénissieux, France: Best Script (to Bill Mason), 1983 Standing Alone (1982) HEMISFILM, San Antonio TX: Bronze Medallion for Best Long Documentary, 1983 International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Vancouver: Certificate of Merit, 1983 Starlife (1983) Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Honorable Mention, 1985 Momentum (1992) International Audiovisual Festival (FIAV), Seville, Spain: Award for Technical Quality of the Image, 1992 Moving Pictures (2000) Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, Arts References External links Colin Low at National Film Board of Canada Colin Low Recollections from a Distinguished Career 1926 births 2016 deaths Artists from Alberta Canadian documentary film directors Canadian animators Film directors from Alberta Members of the Order of Canada People from Cardston Canadian experimental filmmakers Canadian cinema pioneers Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts BAFTA winners (people) Canadian film producers National Film Board of Canada people Canadian documentary film producers Canadian animated film producers Works by Colin Low (filmmaker) Prix Albert-Tessier winners