The Magic Crystal (2011 film)

The Magic Crystal
DVD cover.
FinnishMaaginen kristalli
Directed byAntti Haikala
Screenplay byAntti Haikala
Bob Swain
Dan Wicksman
Nuria Wicksman
Alessandro Liggieri
Music byMenno Van Riet
Production
companies
Epidem ZOT
Aranéo Belgium
Skyline Animation
Distributed byFuture Film (Finland)
TF1 Enterprises (international)
Atlas International Film (worldwide sales)
Release dates
  • November 2, 2011 (2011-11-02) (Belgium)
  • November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18) (Finland)
Running time
75 minutes
CountriesFinland
Belgium
LanguageFinnish
Budget€5,074,000 ($6,001,019.8)
Box office€340,836

The Magic Crystal (Finnish: Maaginen kristalli), also released as Santa's Magic Crystal[1] and The Elf that Rescued Christmas[2] in the UK, is a 2011 Finnish-Belgian computer-animated Christmas film directed by Antti Haikala from a screenplay by Haikala, Bob Swain, Dan Wicksman, Nuria Wicksman and Alessandro Liggieri.[3] The film is part of a unified multimedia concept developed by Mikael Wahlfors, which also includes Andrew Bernhardt's Special Patrol children's books, the Italian-produced animated series Red Caps, and the mobile app World Polar Heroes. The Magic Crystal was produced by the Epidem ZOT, Aranéo and Skyline Animation.[4]

It was released in Belgium on November 2, 2011 and on 18 of the same month in Finland; the film was a box office bomb, grossing $340,836 against a budget of €5,074,000 ($6,001,019.8).[5][6]

  1. ^ Costello, Brian. "Santa's Magic Crystal". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ "The Elf that Rescued Christmas". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Maaginen kristalli" (in Finnish). Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Maaginen kristalli". National Audiovisual Institute. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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