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| CBC Film Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | feature film |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Don Elder |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 5 June 1979 (1979-06-05) – 13 September 1980 (1980-09-13) |
CBC Film Festival is a Canadian feature film television series which aired on CBC Television from 1979 to 1980.
Premise
Feature films, nearly all Canadian, were featured in this series. In the initial 1979 season, the remainder of the time slot after a film sometimes featured interviews with non-Canadian directors John Cromwell, George Cukor, Samuel Fuller, John Schlesinger, Martin Scorsese, Donald Siegel and John Sturges.
Scheduling
This series appeared in a two-hour time slot, initially on Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 June to 8 July 1979, then on Saturdays at 9:00 p.m.from 7 July to 22 September 1979, then a final run in the same time slot the following year, 7 June to 13 September 1980.
Episodes
- The Clown Murders
- Deadly Harvest
- Drying Up the Streets
- The Far Shore
- The Fighting Men
- Goldenrod
- Inside Out
- J.A. Martin Photographer
- Kamouraska
- Lies My Father Told Me
- Lions for Breakfast
- The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
- Love at First Sight
- One Man
- One Night Stand
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (American adaptation by Joseph Strick)
- Raku Fire
- Second Wind
- Skip Tracer
- Sudden Fury
- Who Has Seen the Wind
References
- ^ "Award-winning drama, One Night Stand on CBC Film Festival". Red Deer Advocate, 19 July 1979.
- Corcelli, John (August 2005). "CBC Film Festival". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "'Little Girl' launches CBC Film Festival". Calgary Herald, 1 June 1979.
- ^ "CBC's films". Regina Leader-Post, 30 May 1980.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "CBC Film Festival". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.