Christmas On Mistletoe Farm

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Christmas On Mistletoe Farm is a 2022 British Christmas comedy musical film, written and directed by Debbie Isitt. It was released on Netflix on 23 November 2022. [1]

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Christmas On Mistletoe Farm
Directed by Debbie Isitt
Written by Debbie Isitt
Starring Scott Garnham

Scott Paige

Kathryn Drysdale
Edited byNicky Ager
Music by Debbie Isitt Nicky Ager
Production
company
Mirrorball Films
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
23 November 2022
Running time
1 hour 42 minutes [2]
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Matt Cunningham, a widowed father of five, finds out he has inherited a farm. After some persuasion, he leaves his London home for the farm to use it as a retreat to get a pitch that his boss is hampering him for completed on time. However, when he arrives, his farm hand Beano along with his kids and the village people have other ideas than just work. [3]

Cast

Production

As with Isitt's Nativity! films, much of Christmas On Mistletoe Farm was shot in the West Midlands., [5] with Matt's office was being located in central Birmingham. Exterior scenes of Cobbledon Village were shot in the Cotswolds, and the farm itself was Fulling Mill Farm in north Oxfordshire. [6] Along with writing and directing, Isitt also worked on the original music for the film alongside her partner, composer Nicky Ager. [2]

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