Jones Family Christmas: trailer

Stan has released a trailer for its latest Aussie Christmas movie, Jones Family Christmas, a multi-generational comedy told through the lens of an Australian family whose holiday gathering is cut short by bushfires.

Starring Heather Mitchell (Love Me) and Ella Scott Lynch (Love Child), the cast also includes Max McKenna (While The Men Are Away), Neil Melville (Brilliant Lies), Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons), Dushan Philips (The Gloaming), Tahlee Fereday (Fisk), Jimmy Rees (Giggle and Hoot, Taskmaster), Genevieve Morris (No Activity, Bloom), Marg Downey (The Newsreader), Tegan Higginbotham (Oddball), Michael Logo (Colin From Accounts), Akhilesh Jain (Deendayal Ek Yug Purush), Fiona Choi (The Family Law), Bev Killick (Savage River) and Tanya Hennessey (Wellmania).

The film is based on Tegan Higginbotham’s audio play and is produced by 2Jons production.

Eccentric grandmother Heather Jones (Heather Mitchell) has finally managed to get her family under her roof for Christmas. But all is not merry and bright in this rural home. From heartbreak and depression, to meddling mothers and forced frivolity – every member of Heather’s extended clan is fighting an internal battle. And outside things aren’t much better. Before Heather has a chance to interrogate her kids, the family receives a fire evacuation order. Suddenly, the Joneses are on the run. As the mercury rises and danger closes in, Heather and her family must band together as they rediscover what matters most – each other.

Jones Family Christmas is inspired by true events and the life of Tegan Higginbotham, and is directed by Stef Smith (It’s Fine, I’m Fine), written by Tegan Higginbotham (This Is Littleton) and produced by Richard Kelly and John Molloy at 2 Jons Productions (The Stan Original Series The Gloaming), in association with VicScreen. Cailah Scobie, Rachel Okine, and Donna Chang Executive Produce for Stan. Production Investment from VicScreen and Stan. Mind Blowing Films will handle worldwide distribution.

Thursday November 23 on Stan.