Kiwi Christmas

In this family-friendly feature, Santa (Finnish actor Kari Väänänen) does a runner to a beach in Aotearoa days before his big night of the year, fed up with bureaucracy and brats. It falls to two Kiwi kids to get him out of the southern sun, and back to global gift giving. Director Tony Simpson (Kiwi Flyer) pitches the North Pole native against Kiwi biosecurity and a bickering camping family (including Step Dave's Sia Trockenheim). Sunday Star Times critic James Croot praised the trio of writers for delivering "a rare 21st century effort that evokes the memory of the great kidult dramedies."

I wanted to make a film that reminds us of the simple joys of family and Christmas.

– Director Tony Simpson

Key Cast & Crew

Sia Trokenheim

As: Liz

June Bishop

As: Elsie

Xavier Horan

As: Pete

Tony Simpson

Director, Co-Producer, Writer

Tim Sanders

Producer

Andrew Gunn

Writer