Logline: It’s Christmas in Bethlehem, GA, and a recovering alcoholic looking for a fresh start conspires with her “perfect” sister to put their ailing, cantankerous mother in assisted living – but family wounds and latent addictions threaten her dream of a new life.

Writer/Director: Candice Holdorf

Genre: Drama with Southern humor

Tagline: A Christmas movie for people who hate Christmas

Running time: 90 minutes

Budget: $300,000

Location: Atlanta, GA and surrounding area

writer/director
Candice Holdorf


Candice wrote, starred, and directed The Dance After The Last Dance, which played at Lincoln Center, Sonoma, and Cucalorus. She wrote Generations, which premiered at OutFEST and was partially financed by Tom Hanks. She co-directed RISE/Vulnerable Rally which premiered at Dances with Films and has over 1.2 million views. Her script, Magdalena, won Best Short Script at the Woods Hole Film Festival. Her favorite stories explore humor within heartbreak – bonus points if there are fried green tomatoes.

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