'' A Place to Stand '' was nominated in two categories at the 1967 40th Academy Awards presented on April 10 , 1968 , Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Live Action Short Subject , winning in the latter . It also won Chapman the Canadian Film Award ( later to become the Genie Awards ) for Film of the Year ( and additionally won for Best Non-Feature Sound-Editing ) . Chapman himself was ultimately appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987
40th Academy Awards
40th Academy Awards
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