''The Naughty List'' is a 2016

Black comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

written and directed by Paul Campion, about two American mobsters who come face to face with

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, and discover what it really takes to get on his Naughty or Nice list. The film is based on the short story The Siqquism Who Stole Christmas, by author

Brian Keene Brian Keene (born September 22, 1967) is an American author and podcaster, primarily known for his work in horror, dark fantasy, crime fiction, and comic books. He has won the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award and two Bram Stoker Awards. In ...

. It was produced by Michelle Cullen and Paul Campion, and was shot in Camberwell Film Studios,

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Cast

Vincenzo Nicoli Vincenzo Nicoli (born 27 July 1958) is a British actor who appears in film, television and theatre. He is best known for roles in blockbuster films, such as Alan Jude in the 1992 science fiction film '' Alien³'' (1992), Enrico Biscaglia in the ...

as Tony Genova * Sebastian Knapp as Vince Napoli *

Mac Elsey Mac or MAC most commonly refers to: * Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc. * Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth * A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese * Mac, ...

as Santa Claus

Festival Screenings

*One-Reeler Short Film Competition - Online, USA, January 2017 *FILMSshort Competition - Finalist - Online, UK, February 2017 *Midwest WeirdFest - Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA, March 2017 *Bonebat Comedy of Horrors Film Fest - Seattle, Washington, USA, April 2017 *Austin Comedy Short Film Festival - Austin, Texas, USA, April 2017 *Comicpalooza Film Festival - Houston, Texas, USA, May 2017 *CyberiaVR - San Francisco, California, USA, May 2017 *Fantasia Film Festival - Montreal, Canada, July 2017 *

GenreBlast Film Festival The GenreBlast Film Festival is an annual event held in the Winchester, Virginia area that specializes in genre film. GenreBlast is the largest genre film festival in the Washington, D.C. region, spotlighting short and feature films that are ty ...

- Winchester, Virginia, USA, September 2017 *

Nightmares Film Festival Nightmares Film Festival is a destination film festival for horror and genre films in Columbus, Ohio. It hosts celebrities, artists, filmmakers, screenwriters, industry reps and press from the horror genre Horror is a genre of fiction w ...

- Columbus, Ohio, USA, October 2017 *Another Hole in the Head - San Francisco, California, USA, October 2017 *FKM, Fantastic Film Festival - La Coruña, Spain, October 2017 *Dead Witch Film Festival - Newnan, Georgia, USA, November 2017 *Freedom Shorts - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, November 2017 *Buried Alive Film Fest - Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 2017 *Lancaster International Short Film Festival - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, November 2017 *Fantastic Planet Film Festival - Sydney, Australia, December 2017 *Stark County International Short Film Series - Canton, Ohio, USA, December 2017 *Yubari Fantastic Film Festival - Yubari, Hokkaido, March 2018 *Weihnachts Film Festival - Berlin, Germany, December 2018 *iShorts - Czech Republic and Slovakia, December 2018 *BizarroCon - Portland, Oregon, USA, January 2019 *Phoenix Comedy Short Film Festival - Phoenix, Arizona, USA, April 2019

Awards

*One-Reeler Short Film Competition - Award of Excellence *Best Ensemble Cast - The Austin Comedy Short Film Festival, 2017

Nominations

*Best Original Music - The Austin Comedy Short Film Festival, 2017 *Best Comedy Short Film - The Austin Comedy Short Film Festival, 2017 *Best Screenplay - Short Film -

, 2017 *Funniest Short Film -

, 2017 *Best Overall Short Film -

, 2017 *Best Horror Comedy Short - Nightmares Film Festival, 2017

References

External links

* 2016 short films 2016 films British comedy horror films British independent films 2016 comedy horror films 2016 independent films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films Santa Claus in film {{comedy-horror-film-stub