The film was historically most noted for setting off a crisis in the Canadian Film Awards , when Lefebvre threatened to withdraw the film from the competition if the Ontario Censor Board did not withdraw its demand for the film 's explicit sexuality to be edited . Several other filmmakers were also prepared to withdraw in solidarity , although provincial cabinet minister James Auld intervened to dissuade the board from insisting on the cuts . The film screening went ahead , but film directors from Quebec continued to perceive a systemic bias against them ; in 1973 , a number of Quebec filmmakers entirely boycotted the awards . This later protest resulted in the last-minute cancellation of the 1973 awards ceremony , with the winners announced only at a press conference , and the complete cancellation of the 1974 awards
1973 awards ceremony
25th Canadian Film Awards
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