Short film

Red Boots for Christmas

1995 · 28 min

A gentle, cozy holiday short that unfolds like a storybook, leaving you with a soft glow of goodwill.

Directed by: Walt Kubiak
Genres: Animation

Overview: A lonely shoemaker in a German village, learns the true meaning of Christmas, when he is asked to make a special pair of boots.

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Directed by: Walt Kubiak
Genres: Animation

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
found family
love
faith
healing
Places: small town
home
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	1
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: animation
Directed by: Walt Kubiak
Written by: Sheryl Scarborough, Kayte Kuch
Runtime: 28 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Norwegian, German

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