Black Christmas

Synopsis

Ethiopian immigrant Samuel has the most ungrateful job in the world – he works as a Santa Claus in Finland and doesn’t speak the language. The father of the Perttilä family has made a crucial mistake, he’s forgotten to order Santa for Christmas Eve. In the last minute he gets hold on the last free Santa - Samuel. At first the arrival of Samuel causes uncomfortably humorous situations but little by little the family starts to warm up and gives a newcomer a chance. But is that still a guarantee for a night to be a success?

Director Biography

Juuso Räsänen is a 35 year old writer-director-journalist from Finland. Räsänen has worked as a journalist since the age of 18 and his written works include hundreds of articles for some of Finland’s biggest newspapers. Räsänen has also worked as a writer for Finnish television. The Scoop (Skuuppi), his directional debut in fiction, was a story about paparazzi’s of an imaginary yellow publication.