Heavy Christmas (engl.)

Shorts Attack in December

The Shorts Attack Christmas edition tells of strange-familiar creatures, religious history buddies and their modern incarnations.

Welcome to a Christmas fair, an opulent church epic and a visit to Jesus’ home. We’ll be trying to save a would-be suicide victim (Santa), trembling with a pig on its way to the oven, feverish with a modern girl in an evil Christmas town and avoiding a crazed Christmas tree. Animated films, great cinematic tales, cheeky tricks, splatter, thrillers and loads of fantasy!

We wish you a merry Christmas!

THE PROGRAM:

CHRISTMAS PIGGY
Rickard S. Söderström, Denmark 2010, Animation
7:30 min
A Christmas saga set in Copenhagen during the depression in 1932. A little pig is imprisoned by a family who fattens him up for Christmas – until one day the door opens…

 

KLÁS
Ragnar Snorrason, Iceland 2011, Short Fiction
10:30 min
Santa is not happy and plans to end it all… but chances upon a little girl who still believes in Father Christmas.

 

THE BACKWATER GOSPEL
Bo Mathorne, Denmark 2011, Animation
9:30 min
When the undertaker comes to town it always signifies death. His next stop is the village of Backwater whose residents naturally feel threatened by his presence – who will be the one to die?

 

WER ZUM TEUFEL IST DER WEIHNACHTSMANN?
Ansgar Ahlers, Germany2011, Short Fiction
12:00 min
A Christmas fairytale: At a Christmas fair, a little girl is certain that a grouchy, old ticket seller is Santa Claus. From then on all children refer to him as Santa Claus. His fury grows until a small Christmas miracle occurs…

 

JUDAS & JESUS
Olaf Encke, Claudia Romero, Germany 2009, Animation
15 min
After 2,000 years we finally get to hear Judas‘ side of the story…

 

 

BLACK XXX-MAS
Pieter van Hees, Belgium 1999, Short Fiction
11 min
Once upon a time, there weren’t good guys and bad guys, there were just bad guys – and some that were even worse!

 

CAN´T DRAG A RACE WITH JESUS
Bill Plympton, USA 2000, Animation
2 min
A religious choir sings an ode to Jesus and drag-racing.

 

 

BLOODY CHRISTMAS 2
Michel Leray, France 2010, Short Fiction
12 min
The return of the Christmas tree, more angry than ever!

 

 

 



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