After their father’s death, a grieving boy and his sister are pulled into a living Christmas tree -- where they must reach the Star Angel before sunrise or be frozen in place forever, while something forgotten tries to trap them in a world fueled by lost memories.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
113pp
Genre:
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Budget:
Blockbuster
Age Rating:
Everyone
Synopsis/Details

On their first Christmas without their father, 10-year-old Jimmy copes with grief by retreating into fantasy—destroying ornaments on the tree as his alter ego, Secret Agent Anaconda. His older sister Samantha struggles to hold the family together, clinging to tradition.
When Jimmy accidentally shatters a cherished snow globe, the siblings are magically shrunk and pulled into the hidden world inside their Christmas tree.
This dazzling universe is alive with music, light, and memory—but also danger.
They soon learn the truth: if they don’t reach the Star Angel at the top of the tree before sunrise, they will become ornaments forever.
Along the way, they are joined by a band of living ornaments—each with their own scars, humor, and hard-earned wisdom—who help guide them through this magical and perilous world.
Their journey is complicated by Scrimshaw, a bitter, broken ornament who rules a dark, forgotten region of the tree known as the Empty Side. Consumed by resentment, he seeks to extinguish the joy that sustains the tree—and trap the children within it.
When Samantha is captured, Jimmy must choose between reaching the Star Angel in time… or risking everything to save his sister.
Through adventure, sacrifice, and song, Jimmy is forced to confront his grief—learning that holding on to love, not anger, is what keeps memories alive.

All Accolades & Coverage

COVERAGE: Screenplay & Writer: RECOMMEND (Screenplay Gurus 10-28-18)):"There is not enough praise to heap on this script. The Reader was transfixed and fully engaged in a journey fraught with obstacles and great stakes to the top of the Christmas tree set to well integrated musical set pieces that raise the story to greater heights of enjoyment." - ML, Screenplay Gurus 8/15/18
Two 8/10 on Blacklist.

Academy Nicholls Quarter-Finalist
Winner BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival June 2018
FIRST JUMP FESTIVAL - Semi Finalist 2018
LONELY SEAL FILM FESTIVAL - Official Selection 2019
Winner BEST SCREENPLAY Crown Wood International Film Festival
1st Place Screenplay Sunny Side Up Film Festival
HOT 100 SCREENPLAY LIST Capital Fund Film Festival.

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The Writer: Jerry Robbins

I am a non-WGA screenwriter with four produced feature films, including Catch The Bullet (Lionsgate), The Legend of Lake Hollow (Vision Films), End Zone (World One Productions), and Billy The Kid – Blood and Legend (Third Child Entertainment). A multi-optioned writer, I have completed 29 screenplays across multiple genres, with several winning Best Screenplay awards and placing in the Nicholl Fellowship as Quarterfinalist for Jimmy and the Star Angel (as "Climb.") Earlier in my career, I wrote over 480 audio drama episodes for The Colonial Radio Theatre, including four collaborations with Ray Bradbury. My work aired on Sirius XM Radio for eight years, reaching audiences worldwide. I… Go to bio
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