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Christmas in a Day (2013)

Christmas in a Day poster
Directed by
Kevin Macdonald
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
48 min
Rated
PG
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film strings together footage of Christmas day as recorded by people around the world. It shows everyday moments of celebration, family life, and ordinary routines from many different homes and cultures.

observationalmundanepersonalslice-of-lifeunassumingintimatevariedreflective

What happens

The 66th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 10 February 2013 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2012. The nominations were announced on 9 January 2013. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2012. Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony, where Argo won Best Film and Best Director for Ben Affleck. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for Lincoln and Emmanuelle Riva won Best Actress for Amour. Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for Django Unchained and Anne Hathaway won Best Supporting Actress for Les Misérables. Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2012. Sir Alan Parker received the BAFTA Fellowship and Tessa Ross garnered the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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