The Films
The Films for the 2024 Gemelli Films Christmas Movie Fund
We plan on producing two films in early 2024 using the funds raised by this fund.
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The Films
In the small village of Lake Placid, NY, miracles are known to happen. So, when seven people are invited to the mysterious Interlaken Inn for a Christmas party and promised to find what they have been searching for. Curiosity gets the better of them, and they all accept their invitation. We see that Nick, Holly, Jack, Cole, Mariah, Stella and Gloria come from very different walks of life. What could possibly bring them all together to celebrate Christmas?
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Once inside the Interlaken Inn, the guests learn that they are not allowed to leave until they find what they are searching for. Only Gloria knows exactly what she has been searching for—A diamond bracelet given to her by her husband forty years ago. When the eccentric host Kris explains the goal of the Christmas party, Cole loses his cool and tries to leave.
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Only, he can’t.
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Thinking they are being held hostage, the guests panic. That is, until Gloria miraculously finds her lost bracelet under her dinner plate. As soon as she finds it, the door unlocks and Gloria can leave the Interlaken. This motivates the remaining guests to start searching the inn for what they think they are supposed to receive.
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One by one, the guests find what they are searching for: family, love, honesty, forgiveness, happiness and purpose. This heartwarming, feel-good story is an unsuspecting comedy that the whole family can enjoy.
A small town is famous for its over-the-top Christmas decorations. They even have an annual Christmas décor competition, which has been won by Candy and Spencer Claus over the past four years. Unfortunately, the good intentions of the sponsors has paved the way for an overzealous competition and the true meaning of Christmas has been lost over the last few years where the Clauses have dominated. People will do anything to strip Candy and Spencer of their titles.
When the opening of the new Christmas competition is announced at the big community kickoff party, an anonymous figure known only as “Santa’s Little Helper” hacks into the video broadcast and announces that all of the Christmas decorations in the town have been taken, and will not be returned until they see that the true meaning of Christmas has returned to the town. A picture of Candy and Spencer’s prized lawn decorations are shown as though they are being held hostages. The lights go out for a short period of time. When they come back on, the entire gymnasium is completely empty.
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Chaos ensues. Rather than coming together as a community to figure out the solution, neighbors start accusing one another of being Santa’s Little Helper. As the neighbors start being genuinely nice to one another, the decorations return to their lawns. Of course, accusations fly until someone points out that the neighbors must have been rewarded for good deeds.
Soon the town goes from hurting one another to helping one another, forgetting all about the competition. The décor in the town is restored, but the competition changes from being about who is the best to how the residents of Kringle can help their community the most.
A Christmas comedy that is a combination of “Christmas with the Kranks” and “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” “Holiday Havoc” will leave audiences in stitches.
