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SFFILM Family Progamming

That Christmas

Directed by Simon Otto

UK | Fiction | 95

10 Nov
Sun, Nov 10 at 3:00 pm PT
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Guests Expected

Director Simon Otto is expected to attend for a post-screening Q&A.

Description

Based on the charming trilogy of children’s books by beloved multi award-winning writer/director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually, Yesterday), That Christmas follows a series of entwined tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an enormous number of turkeys! This heartwarming comedy from Netflix and Locksmith Animation marks Curtis’ first foray into animation, serving as the film’s writer and executive producer, and also the feature directorial debut of renowned animation veteran Simon Otto (Love, Death & Robots, How to Train Your Dragon films). The film features a stellar voice cast that includes: Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Bill Nighy, Jodie Whittaker, Lolly Adefope, and Rhys Darby.

That Christmas will begin streaming on Netflix Dec. 4, 2024.

Audience Information

This special event, hosted by SFFILM Education under its Family Programming initiative, is free and open to the public. Advance RSVP is required.

Recommended for ages 7 and up. The film is rated PG by the MPAA for thematic elements, some language and rude humor.

Director Simon Otto

Simon Otto makes his feature directorial debut on That Christmas. Prior to joining the team at Locksmith Animation, he directed the Love, Death and Robots episode from Season 2. The Tall Grass, and developed, executive produced and served as the Supervising Director on the successful Netflix series. A Tale Dark & Grimm. He also directed episodes on the Netflix animated series Dragons: Race to the Edge and Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia.

Otto spent over 20 years working at DreamWorks Animation, most notably as the Head of Character Animation on the Oscar®-nominated How to Train Your Dragon trilogy. In that role, Simon oversaw the character animation and was instrumental in designing and developing the look of the characters, their personalities, and the overall style of the animation, while also working in the story department as a story artist. He first joined DreamWorks in 1997 to work on the groundbreaking The Prince of Egypt and worked as a Supervising Animator both in hand-drawn and CG animation on many of the studio’s features including, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarronand the Aardman co-production Flushed Away.

Born and raised in Switzerland, Simon studied animation at the prestigious Les Gobelins Animation School in Paris, France.

Trailer

Film Details

Language English

Year 2024

Runtime 95

Country UK, USA

Director Simon Otto

Executive Producer Bonnie Arnold, Lara Breay, Rebecca Cobb, Mary Coleman, Richard Curtis, Natalie Fischer, Colin Hopkins, Julie Lockhart, Elisabeth Murdoch, Sarah Smith

Producer Aaron Dem, Nicole P. Hearon, Adam Tandy

Writer Richard Curtis, Peter Souter

Editor Sim Evan-Jones

Cast Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Bill Nighy, Jodie Whittaker, Lolly Adefope, Guz Khan, Jack Wisniewski, Zazie Hayhurst, and Rhys Darby

Closed Captions Closed Captions are confirmed for this film

Audio Description Closed Captions are confirmed for this film

American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation American Sign Language Interpretation is not currently scheduled for this film