2017 · animation · family
Angela's Christmas
Directed by Damien O'Connor30m2017
A trip to church with her family on Christmas Eve gives young Angela an extraordinary idea. A heartwarming tale based on a story by Frank McCourt.
Our read: Angela's Christmas (2017) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded animation · family entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
Watching Angela's Christmas tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Angela's Christmas feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a sweet short about a child's loving Christmas gesture in old Ireland.”
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