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-$600,00
Location: Atlanta, GA and surrounding area
Accolades: Quarterfinalist at the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition and Quarterfinalist at the Creative World Awards
writer/director
Candice Holdorf

Candice wrote, starred, and directed The Dance After The Last Dance, which played at Dance on Camera at Lincoln Center, Sonoma Film Festival, and Cucalorus Film Festival and won Best Short Film (Dance) at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival. 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 on Facebook. 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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