Definition of "telefilm" [telefilm]

• A film produced for television broadcasting. (noun)

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• "The telefilm was the first TV project to ever premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008."
• "An original "telefilm" (I don't believe that's a real word, but apparently spellcheck likes it, so I guess it is) about that awful situation where a gunman shot five Amish school girls before killing himself."
• "'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' The original 1973 telefilm frightened a 10-year-old Mexican named Guillermo del Toro into becoming the pre-eminent fantasist of world cinema."