Submit your film to festival

Santa or Bust

Synopsis: 

"Santa or Bust"

Genre: Adventure comedy

Logline:
A guileless Christmas wish replaces Santa Clause with a jobless, aviophobic Santa imitator.

Synopsis:
LEXI's biggest wish for Christmas is getting her comatose mother from the hospital while her father, HANK, freelances as an unsuccessful Santa Clause. A mystic wish card with Lexi's wish forces UNZ, Santa's helper, to crash his reindeer-free sleigh in Lexi's home, which ends with Santa's disappearance.

Unz agrees to train Hank into the new Santa, and Lexi tricks Zelda, her aunt, who needs Hank in one of her shady businesses into a contract, which guarantees her mother the life-saving operation if Hank turns to the only real Santa. Unz's training is anything but by the book, to make things worse, Hank has serious problems with flying, especially if Unz is the pilot. With Lexi's support and Unz's originality, Hank inches closer to his goal to become the next Santa Claus while Zelda faces bankruptcy and finds out about Unz and Hank's plans, she kidnaps Unz, Hank, and the sleigh. Lexi executes a navy-seals-style mission, which ends in the destruction of Unz's sled. Zelda gives Hank time until midnight to either sign her contract or end with Lexi on the street and food stamps.

Lexi reveals her secret weapon, an ancient sleigh, and her reindeer friend who brought it to her. With a bit of Christmas magic, Lexi and her friends outsmart Zelda. Hank turns to the new Santa and Lexi unites with her mother, who is on her way to her recovery.

Written by: Zvonko Leskovar, ekvivalenca@gmail.com
zvolesk@gmail.comzvonko_les@aol.com

Runtime: 
01:38:00
Information for the Audience: 

Writer: Zvonko Leskovar

Directed by: Lance Kawas
http://bijoucine.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evCo2-beM18

Categories:

Directed by: 
Lance Kawas
Writing credits: 
Zvonko Leskovar
Total votes: 381