MY BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TREE
Directed by Diane Morel, 2003
SYNOPSIS
Christmas is coming.
In the living room, aunt Anabelle has decorated marvellous Christmas tree for ten year-old Carla.
But Carla doesn’t feel like celebrating, her only wish is to go back to Haiti and to live with her mother
again, as it used to be…
Cast
Daloba DIABY
Peggy LERAY
Firmine RICHARD
Technical crew
Written and directed by
Diane MOREL
Photography
Jean-Philippe POLO
Editing
Benoît ALRIC
Sound
Arnaud JULIEN
Xavier THIBAULT
Anne MAISONHAUTE
Score
Patrick MORICEAU
Renaud ROCHETTE
Technical data
Fiction - France - 2003
15' - 35 mm – Colours – 1.66 – Dolby SR
Version
French
Production
Nicolas BREVIERE – Local Films
Distribution
Local Films Distribution
International sales
Local Films Distribution
Material
Poster
Festivals
Festival de Villeurbanne
TRAILER
A screenwriter for animated series (Geronimo Stilton, Le Petit Nicolas, Le Petit Prince, Oum le Dauphin Blanc, Nils Holgersson, etc.), writing director and author of literary bibles, Diane Morel writes for preschool and upper preschool series as well as for children aged 6-10.
Perfectly bilingual, she is one of the rare French scriptwriters to be able to write directly in English. Her experience as a literary editor (with Marathon and Planet Nemo) and as a writing consultant for Rita et Machin (Planet Nemo / Gallimard) make her an ideal partner for developments and adaptations. She has also written two feature-length screenplays, Skye and Sous le Pont, both of which were semi-finalists for the Prix Sopadin, and won the 2000 Prix Kieslowski for her short film Les bûchers qu'on ignore (Nada), co-written and co-directed with Vanessa Bertran.
Her What's the big idea? project, which she developed and directed, won the 2010 Best Creativity Award at SICAF in Seoul.