A Boy Called Christmas

Synopsis

An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…

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Cast

Henry Lawfull

Nikolas

Toby Jones

Father Topo

Sally Hawkins

Mother Vodol

Kristen Wiig

Aunt Carlotta

Michiel Huisman

Joel

Zoe Colletti

Truth Pixie

Stephen Merchant

Miika (voice)

Joel Fry

Matt

Rune Temte

Anders

Jim Broadbent

King

Maggie Smith

Aunt Ruth

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Isabella O’Sullivan

Andrea

Eden Lawrence

Patrick

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Ayomide Garrick

Moppet

Philip Lenkowsky

Hessu

Gregory Gudgeon

Palace Courtier #1

Michael Pitthan

Palace Courtier #2

Václav Chalupa

Palace Courtier #4

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Dan Brown

Weather Beaten Man

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Robert Russell

Member of Crowd #1

Crew

Art

• James Price Supervising Art Director
• Guy Bradley Art Direction
• Kiera Tudway Art Direction
• Holly Thurman Set Decoration
• Stephen Swain Art Direction
• Radek Hanák Art Direction
• Julia Dehoff Art Direction
• Magdalena Nováková Art Direction
• Petr Zizala Art Direction
• Seeta Lingam Art Direction
• Kevin Woodhouse Supervising Art Director
• Laura Gurney Assistant Art Director

Camera

• Zac Nicholson Director of Photography
• Tobias Eedy First Assistant "A" Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Ruth Myers Costume Design
• Graham Johnston Makeup Designer
• Hana Kučerová Costume Supervisor
• Jennifer Lander Costume Supervisor
• Martin Sobek Set Costumer
• Chris Lyons Special Effects Makeup Artist

Directing

• Gil Kenan Director

Editing

• Peter Lambert Editor
• Richard Ketteridge Editor

Production

• Dan MacRae Executive Producer
• Joe Naftalin Executive Producer
• Matt Haig Executive Producer
• Didier Lupfer Executive Producer
• Ron Halpern Executive Producer
• Ol Parker Executive Producer
• Sharon Titmarsh Producer
• Ben Knight Executive Producer
• Diarmuid McKeown Executive Producer
• Vaclav Mottl Line Producer
• Graham Broadbent Producer
• Celia Duval Co-Producer

Sound

• Dario Marianelli Original Music Composer
• Brendan Nicholson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Ben Barker Sound Designer
• Nick Freemantle Sound Effects Editor
• Andrew Caller Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Glenn Freemantle Sound Designer

Visual Effects

• Joanna Nodwell Visual Effects Producer
• Glen Pratt Visual Effects Supervisor
• Stuart Penn Visual Effects Supervisor
• Ali Griffiths Visual Effects Producer
• Marcus Armitage Animation Director
• David Mir Digital Compositor
• Wouter Gilsing Compositing Lead
• Patrick Allen Visual Effects Coordinator
• Jack Bell VFX Editor
• Dale Newton Animation Supervisor
• Ricardo Alves Modeling

Writing

• Gil Kenan Screenplay
• Ol Parker Screenplay
• Matt Haig Novel

Photos