Christmess

Christmess (2023)

'Tis the season for believin'.

A once famous actor now performs as Santa Claus in a mall due to his alcoholism. After accidentally meeting his estranged daughter, he seeks help in order to win his daughter's forgiveness.

Date of release
2023-11-01
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Heath Davis

Casting

Interesting facts

Christmess is a 2023 Australian Christmas film written and directed by Heath Davis. It stars Hannah Joy, Steve Le Marquand, and Darren Gilshenan.

Production

An independent Australian film, Christmess is written and directed by Heath Davis. Davis began writing an “authentic” Christmas film after Christmas 2020 when he spent time in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic without work or family, and watched a lot of “bad Christmas films”.

It is produced by Daniel Fenech, Cindy Pritchard, and Matthew McCracken. Funding for the film partially came from crowd-funding.

The film marks the feature film acting debut of Hannah Joy, the lead singer with rock band Middle Kids. Joy wrote several original songs for Christmess, including Empty Chair, Deadbeat Dads, and Boxing Day and performs all three songs in character during the film.

Principal photography got underway in Sydney in June 2022 with a three-week filming schedule.

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