{"id":6673,"date":"2025-10-27T18:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weihnachtsfilmfestival.de\/?page_id=6673"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:10:13","slug":"merrymadness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weihnachtsfilmfestival.de\/en\/wff2025\/merrymadness","title":{"rendered":"Merry Madness (Shorts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Merry Madness (Shorts)<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row thb_full_width=”true” thb_row_padding=”true” thb_column_padding=”true” thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”5vh”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row thb_color=”light-title” content_placement=”middle” thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1\/2″]\t\t\t\t\t
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Merry Madness (Shorts)<\/h5>\n

9 International Short Films | 94min | OmeU<\/p>\n

On Christmas, everyone goes a little crazy: Santa Claus as a hitman, rampaging snowmen, athletic mummies, shady handymen, hungry monsters, manipulative Christmas ornaments, careless chatterboxes and lonely souls. Will an exorcism be enough to cast out the spirit of Christmas?<\/p>\n

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Mortel No\u00ebl \/ Deadly Christmas<\/h5>\n

Laurent Ardoint, St\u00e9phane Duprat | Dark Comedy | 16min | France 2024 | OmeU
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Keep your mouth Shut<\/h5>\n

Dan Roe | Thriller, Dark Comedy | 10min | USA 2017 | OV | German Premiere
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Furies<\/h5>\n

Tony Le Bacq | Thriller | 13min | France 2025 | OmeU | German Premiere
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The Christmas Hitlist<\/h5>\n

Jonathan Andrew Nettleton | Horror, Comedy | 17min | USA 2025 | OmeU
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A Nightmare on 34th Street<\/h5>\n

Kevin McGuiness | Animation | 6min | Canada 2025 | OmeU | German Premiere
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The Xmascist<\/h5>\n

Andy Winward | Horror, Comedy | 7min | UK 2024 | OmeU
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Curse of the Mummy’s Mitten<\/h5>\n

Don Cunningham | Comedy | 2min | USA 2025 | OV | European Premiere
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Snowblood<\/h5>\n

Marek Berger | Animation | 5min | Czech Republic 2008 | OV
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Yule<\/h5>\n

Griff Jones | Horror | 20min | UK 2023 | OmeU | German Premiere
\nWhen Christmas doesn\u2019t go her way at her ancestral home in Yorkshire, upper-class Violet breaks her family\u2019s cardinal rule; she puts the fire out. In doing so she paves the way for something unworldly to enter with its own terrifying intentions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row thb_full_width=”true” thb_row_padding=”true” thb_column_padding=”true” thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”5vh”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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