See the entries below — Jenny Slate will pick a winner on our episode airing the week of December 17th.
Roan
New York City
My name is Roan Kane. I am 10 years old. I made this movie with a new camera from my dad. He's in it. I made it because of the oppression of the holidays.
Tim
Philadelphia
"Christmas Again": Christmas morning for a family, excitement, magic, comfort and joy, all things a dad wants to capture with a camera...no matter how many times it takes to get it right. Password for link=xmas
Harrison, Jon and Alan
Brooklyn
Once every 5,000 years Christmas and Hanukkah align...
Katy
New York
This is about Martha, a woman who wants to reinvent herself as a sexy, powerful woman to her coworkers at the office holiday party.
Patrick
Raleigh
"Hassles of last-minute christmas shopping..."
N.C State’s Filmmaking & Storytelling Society’s submission for Jenny Slate’s 30s “It’s a Wonderful Short” 2015 contest.
Aaron
Los Angeles
Titled "Kevin"
Enjoy!
Luca Eckermann
Paris
Santa makes one hungry family very happy.
Katy
New York
This is about a woman named Martha, who has been eagerly awaiting the annual office holiday party. This year she is determined to reinvent herself so her coworkers see that she is a sexy, sensual lady.
Emersson
New York City
One writer's frustration is a sad daughter's little Christmas miracle.
Alannah Fehrenbach
New York City
This skit is partially inspired by my own childhood tradition of celebrating both Hanukkah and Christmas.
Julia
Brooklyn
OUR PREGAME IS BETTER THAN YOUR PARTY
This film takes place in Brooklyn, New York on a snowy winter's night. Best friends and roommates Nat and Lizzy prepare for yet another holiday party. What seems like an innocent beginning to a festive night quickly turns to highlight a more important tradition upheld by the two party girls, the pregame. We follow them as their party prep becomes increasingly more debaucherous as they take tequila shots, rip the christmas bong, and shotgun beers in the bathtub. As we approach that time of needing to leave, the girls check the temperature and the Uber surcharge and ultimately decide that there really is no place like home during the holidays.
I wanted to play off this idea that when you are young the holidays are all very innocent and wholesome, but when you reach a certain age and leave in a certain city, the holidays become more about partying with your friends. Ultimately I wanted to circle back to the feeling of love and togetherness that we learned from our traditional holiday experiences and translate it into this somewhat despicable scene. it's about friends becoming family and that in the end it doesn't matter where you do, it's who you are with.
A Film By: Julia Grinberg
Music By: Mark "The Beast" Evans
Sanders
Ann Arbor
Santa is Having a Bad Day:
A collaboration between Sanders Hamson
(concept) and David Totten (production)
Based loosely on an incident that actually happen.
Hannah
Chicago
Janice, a secular grump, is the widow of Bernice, a Christmas lovin' christian. When Janice forcefully decides to precede Bernice's roll of Santa at the annual Christmas party, Janice is only left with the grappling grief of her wife.
Edwin
New York
'Twas the night before Christmas and Little Timmy was nestled snug in his bed,
While visions of sugar plums and candy canes danced in his Little Timmy head.
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their melody foretells!
The cookies and milk that Little Timmy set out with care,
Were snacked on by Santa with only crumbs left to spare!
And under that beautiful ornamented tree,
Santa left presents where Little Timmy dreamed they would be!
Then the bells ring more loud and deep,
Santa is real and he is a...creep!
Emma
New York, NY
An orthodox Jewish woman gets a Hanukkah present from her roommate and can't tell her why she doesn't want to accept it!
A romcom stuffed inside a holiday movie covered with a story about female friendship. A turduckin/piecaken of holiday shorts!
Alexandra
Ithaca
It seems that whenever the holidays roll around, people everywhere fall under the curse of perpetual tardiness. That is precisely what this short film aims to show, illustrating seasonal dysfunction at its best.
Carley Chase
Los Angeles
I love being funny and sharing laughs on the Holidays.
Cassie
Chicago
An atheist family on the Holiest of nights- Christmas Eve.
Cassie
Chicago
Molly prepares to get Holi-Blazed.
Cassie
Chicago
Kaitlin shows how to make her all time favorite holiday drink- guaranteed to help you through all those family events.
