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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 – 13 September 1980 |
CBC Film Festival is a Canadian feature film television series which aired on CBC Television from 1979 to 1980. [1]
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. [2]
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.