Father Xmas is a 2001 short film from director Marie Rose and the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women starring Dakota Fanning in her debut as six-year-old Clairee who learns from her older brother (Stephen Fanning) that Santa Claus is not real and that their father is fighting in the Vietnam War.

Father Xmas
Directed byMarie Rose
Written byMarie Rose
StarringDakota Fanning
Stephen Fanning
Distributed byAmerican Film Institute
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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