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Dona & Vixen

A teenage girl discovers the truth about Father Christmas.

  • Alasdair Melrose
    Director
  • Alasdair Melrose
    Writer
  • Alasdair Melrose
    Producer
  • Kamil Iwanowicz
    Director of Photography
  • Amy Mitchell
    Production Designer
  • Timea Kalderak
    Editor
  • Rose Muirhead
    Key Cast
    "Dona/Vixen"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Horror, Christmas
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 20, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Alasdair Melrose

Alasdair Melrose is a first time film maker from West London. Having acted in several award winning shorts including 'Potty The Plant' (dir. Aeddan Sussex, 2017), 'Nora' (dir. Dustin Curtis Murphy, 2018) and 'Development of June' (dir. Joe Olmstead, 2018) this is Alasdair's first project as writer/director. Alasdair is looking to follow in the footsteps of other successful writer directors such as Rian Johnson and Richard Kelly.

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Director Statement

Somewhere between 'Miracle on 34th Street', 'Donnie Darko' and 'Mandy', this film started with an innocent enough premise before morphing quickly into an unsettling dark thriller of unspoken Christmas truths.