Private Project

Apollo 8: A Christmas Moon

"Apollo 8: A Christmas Moon," is a nostalgic look-back doc film from filmmaker Kevin Stirling, about the pivotal, historic, and decisively successful 1968 Christmas lunar mission.

Audiences will recall the epic flight of Apollo 8, both for its historic achievements and the joy it gave to a war-weary nation in 1968, when three American astronauts (Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James A. Lovell Jr., and Lunar Module Pilot William A. Anders) joined the pantheon of space explorers, as they became the first humans to leave the Earth's gravitational force, flying to and orbiting the Moon.

"Apollo 8: A Christmas Moon" features spectacular NASA footage, interviews with NASA officials and award-winning journalists who covered NASA during the 1960s: George F. Alexander (Newsweek, LA Times), Mark Bloom (NY Daily News), Hugh W. Harris (Director, NASA Public Affairs), Bob Button (NASA Public Affairs), Victor McElheny (Boston Globe), John Noble Wilford (New York Times) and others.

"Apollo 8: A Christmas Moon" won the 2016 Special Jury NASA Remi Award at the 49th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

  • Kevin Stirling
    Director
    MOON BEAT
  • Kevin Stirling
    Producer
    MOON BEAT
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 59 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Worldfest-Houston International Film Feestival
    Houston, Texas
    United States
    April 29, 2017
    Platinum NASA Remi Award
  • Las Cruces International Film Festival
    Las Cruces, New Mexico
    United States
    March 9, 2018
    Official Selection
  • New York Short Film Tuesdays
    New York
    United States
    October 24, 2017
    Official Selection
  • NewFilmmakers 2019
    New York
    United States
    January 30, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 2018 Directors Circle Festival of Shorts
    Erie
    United States
    November 17, 2018
    Official Selection
Director - Kevin Stirling