Canadian Reflections is a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 independent short film television series which began on CBC Television

CBC Television

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 in 1978. Early works by David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg, OC, FRSC is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the...

 and Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

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were featured during the series run.

Premise

This series features independent Canadian short films of various styles and topics. In the early years, the films were compiled by Athan Katsos.

Scheduling

As of August 2010, this half-hour series is broadcast on Mondays (immediately following Sunday evenings) at midnight, or 12:30 a.m. Newfoundland time. It has aired in various time slots since its debut on 10 June 1978. In its initial years, it was broadcast weekly in mid-year between television seasons. In 1982, it was broadcast one to five times per week, normally on weekday afternoons.

External links

• Canadian Reflections at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation