
MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
“I was a sophomore in college. And I went to a party.”
Merry Little Christmas is a holiday short film written by Charli Masson. On Christmas Eve, Gus (Ian Peterson) reminisces on the winter night in college where he met the love of his life, Amelia (Iris Briceño). A flashback occurs of their encounter. Two perfect strangers (Finn MacKimmie & Izzy Kaplan) at a college house party.
An excerpt of the short film was released in December 2021. Filming of the present-day sequences was halted due to unforeseen circumstances, and the completed flashback scenes were used for the excerpt. I consider the final product to be the definitive version, with context and framework making sense of the events portrayed in the excerpt.
This film was made in collaboration with 32/51 Productions.
CAST + KEY CREW
RAPHAEL CAMUA Director/Cinematographer/Editor
CHARLI MASSON Writer/Producer
CHASE SEABREEZE Production Designer
VERONICA TULLO Casting Director
Starring
IAN PETERSON as Gus
IRIS BRICEÑO as Amelia
FINN MACKIMMIE as Young Gus
IZZY KAPLAN as Young Amelia
GWENDOLYN JOYCE as Andie