Angela's Christmas

Angela's Christmas is a 2017 Irish-Canadian animation film directed by Damien O'Connor, written by Will Collins and Damien O'Connor and starring the Oscar nominees Ruth Negga in the role of Angela’s mother, and Lucy O'Connell as Angela. The plot is based on the children's story from Pulitzer Prize winning Irish author Frank McCourt, and is set in Limerick, Ireland in the 1910s. The story revolves around Angela's (Lucy O'Connell) desire to make sure everyone is having a great Christmas.[2][3][4][5] The film's cast and production team received a number of nominations at the 46th Daytime Emmy Awards and 2018 Emile Awards.[6][7][8][9]

Angela's Christmas
Directed byDamien O'Connor
Produced byEllen McCourt
Written byWill Collins
Damien O'Connor[1]
StarringMalachy McCourt
Ruth Negga
Caitriona Balfe
Production
company
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08) (Los Angeles)
  • November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryIreland, Canada
LanguageEnglish

Production

Angela's Christmas was executive produced by Frank McCourt's widow Ellen McCourt.[7] This was Frank McCourt's only children's story, from a story his mother Angela told him and his brother Malachy McCourt, as a child.[9] Malachy McCourt provides the narration.[3] Dolores O'Riordan contributed to the soundtrack.[10]

Main cast

Release

The film was released on 30 November 2018 on Netflix streaming.[12]

In October 2020, it was announced that a sequel titled Angela's Christmas Wish would be released on Netflix on 1 December 2020.[13]

References
  1. "'Octonauts' Studio Making Adaptation of Frank McCourt Kids Story". variety.com. Variety. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. "Stream It or Skip It: 'Angela's Christmas' on Netflix, Frank McCourt's Ode to Christmas in Ireland". Decider. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. "Frank McCourt's Angela's Christmas is Now on Netflix". hotpress.com. Hot Press. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. "Behind-the-Scenes with Angela's Christmas Director Damien O'Connor". brownbagfilms.com. Brown Bag Films. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. "A Charming, Well Written Animated Short". The Review Geek. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. "Ruth Negga nominated for Daytime Emmy award". thetimes.co.uk. The Times. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  7. "Brown Bag Films' Angela's Christmas Nominated for Three Daytime Emmy Awards". iftn.ie. Irish Film and Television Network. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  8. "Catherine Fulvio and Irish animation Angela's Christmas among Daytime Emmy Awards nominees 2019". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. "The Breadwinner and Angela's Christmas Lead Irish Nominations at 2018 Emile Awards". screenireland.ie. Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  10. "Song by Dolores O'Riordan featured in Netflix's 'Angela's Christmas'". irishcentral.com. Irish Studio LLC. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  11. "Angela's Christmas". screenireland.ie. Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  12. Angela's Christmas. Netflix.
  13. https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/have-yourself-an-animated-xmas-with-net-netflix-specials/
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