A heartwarming family-friendly Christmas short film produced by Fifty Oars Motion Pictures LLC for the Cobb Film Festival’s annual 100 Hour Film Race on December 7–11, 2023. Premiered February 15 at the 100 Hour Film Race Screening and Awards Program at the Strand Theater on Historic Marietta Square in Marietta, GA.
written and directed by
JASON R. JOHNSTON
produced by
JASON R. JOHNSTON
HILLARY HUDDLESTON
MADNESS OF CHRISTMAS
starring
KRISTEN DUFF
original score by
ALYSSA BURNS
assistant director JEDIDIAH GABEL
second asst. director HILLARY HUDDLESTON
script supervisor ALLISON NELSON
production manager ANTHONY BRITTON
set decorators ALLISON NELSON, FRANCES HUMPHREYS, KATELYN SIMMONS
set medic BLAKE HUDDLESTON
cinematographer JASON R. JOHNSTON
assistant camera ALLISON NELSON
second asst. camera KATELYN SIMMONS
sound mixers + boom operators
RAEGAN FAIRCLOTH
JACKSON MORGAN
swing team
ANTHONY BRITTON
JACK DUFF
BLAKE HUDDLESTON
FRANCES HUMPHREYS
ADDY MORGAN
JACKSON MORGAN
ALLISON NELSON
PATRICK REIDY
KATELYN SIMMONS
editor + colorist JASON R. JOHNSTON
makeup FRANCES HUMPHREYS
hair stylist WALTER J. BUCK
cast
kristen KRISTEN DUFF
mom MELISSA COLES
auntie hillary HILLARY HUDDLESTON
grandma TINA ALLISON
auntie raegan RAEGAN FAIRCLOTH
dad PATRICK REIDY
brook KELLY DAVIS STRAUSBAUGH
frances FRANCES HUMPHREY
jedi JEDIDIAH GABEL
waitress KATELYN SIMMONS
brother JACKSON MORGAN
production dads
JACK
BLAKE
POPA G
production moms
HILLARY
ABBY LYNN
KELLY
GG
original song QUIETLY
written and performed by
AINSLEY COSTELLO
CHERRY ON TOP
written and performed by
AINSLEY COSTELLO
special thanks to CUNNINGHAM CABINS, THE HUDDLESTON HOUSE, and FRANK’S AT CANE HOLLOW, in SPARTA, TN
shot on RED KOMODO
produced for the 100 HOUR FILM RACE
DECEMBER 7—11, 2023