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Christmoose Story, A

Original title: Midden in de Winternacht
German title: Mitten in der Winternacht
Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, 2013

Director: Blok, Lourens
Production company: Lemmingfilm
Co-producers: Svensk Filmindustri (SE), Davaj Film (SE), Anchorage Entertainment (BE)
Age recommendation: 7 years and up

Synopsis:
When his father cannot make it home Max is convinced that Christmas will be extremely boring this year. But then Mr. Moose crashes through his roof and he is not so sure anymore. This is a giant talking Moose with a big mouth, a warm hearth and a tendency for drama. He claims he was on a test-run with Santa Claus, lost control over the sleigh and crashed, injuring his leg. And now he has to find Santa Claus, otherwise nobody will receive their Christmas gifts. Is Max able to get Mr. Moose and Santa flying again?

Marketing strategies:
Based on Andreas Steinhöfel’s book for children. Remake of the film "A Christmoose Carol". Released over the Christmas holidays, the film is very successful with already more than 215.000 in the Netherlands during the first 4 weeks.

Festivals:
Berlin Generation 2014, Krakow CFF 2014, Zlin 2014, Tel Aviv ICFF 2014, Seoul IYFF 2014, Cinekid Amsterdam 2014, Kinodiseea Bucharest 2014, Vienna 2014, Juniorfest Plzen 2014 (awarded), Just Film Tallinn 2014, Vienna CFF 2014, Cinemagic Belfast 2014, Stuttgart 2014, Golden Elephant Hyderabad 2015, Olympia CFF Pyrgos 2016

Website: www.middenindewinternacht.nl

Study guide: French

World sales address/es:
Attraction Distribution (CDN)

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A-Film (NL)
Svensk Filmindustri (SE)