(No Christmas This Year)

This French Existentialist film about Christmas and COVID examines the zeitgeist of 2020. 

Will Santa adapt to the new Noel?

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2020 thrust upon all of us changes we never anticipated or imagined. We learned how to do Zoom meetings, home-schooling, and to cut our own hair. The pandemic forced us to take on new roles and learn new skills.

What started as part of an annual prank, stealing a friend's Christmas decoration, turned into something much more. On the fly we learned how to make a film. Much like 2020 itself, it was messy and new to us but we figured it out.

Credits

Title: Pas de Noël cette Année (No Christmas this Year)

Year: 2020

Language: French with English subtitles

Run time: 5 minutes 24 seconds

Filmed on Location in Philadelphia, PA

Music: "Claire De Lune" by Claude Debussy. Performed by Francois-Joel Thiollier. Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

Cast:

Santa: Himself

Narrator: Line El Dirini

Man on park bench and subway: Andrew Breslin

Alley cat: Miss Kitty

Written and Produced by: Sara Sierschula and Andrew Breslin

Script Translation: Line El Dirini

Director: Sara Sierschula