Almost all of the films are based on the work of Christmas romance author Melissa Hill, and are all directed by multi award-winning producer/director Lane Shefter Bishop (The Duff, Assassination Games) who is an expert at book-to-screen adaptations. 

Established more than 30 years ago, Canada’s leading studio Breakthrough Entertainment’s operations include the development and distribution of feature films, television series and digital content, as well as international co-productions and production services.  In 2019, the company forged a strategic partnership with Vast Entertainment to produce and direct both romantic holiday movies and female-led thrillers. 

Eoghan Burke, VP of International Sales, 101 Films International comments, “Festive movies continue to be hugely popular around the world and we are delighted to have acquired six premium films directed by Lane Shefter Bishop, who has won a slew of awards for her romcoms, to offer our clients at EFM.”

An Eclectic Christmas (90’), starring Hannah Galway, Jeremy Walmsley, Jill Frappier and Daniel Kash.  When a vintage store owner passes away, she leaves instructions in her will for her inventory to be distributed as Christmas gifts and her out-of-town niece must seek help from a handsome local to identify the recipients from the clues provided.

A photographer and anonymous blogger must write a secret review of Alaska’s ‘Christmas World’ in Christmas Beneath the Stars (88’), but after seeing its run-down state she is inspired to help the owner’s ex-military son restore it to its former glory, before whoever is sabotaging their efforts succeeds and the place is sold to the bank for pennies on the dollar.  Starring Maddy Foley, Steve Belford, Jayne Lewis and Vanessa Smythe.

Christmas on the Rocks (90’) stars Lyla Porter-Follows who plays identical twin sisters.  When Sarah, an event planner, is hurt her twin sister Jennifer pretends to be her to save an important corporate client, but things go awry when an old flame reappears and the twin is still stuck pretending to be her sister.  Also starring Jon McLaren, Matthew Bennett and Lisa Ryder.

Starring Eden Broda, Zach Smadu, Steffi DiDomenicantonio and Shane Marriott, Mistletoe and Molly (88’) follows Molly, a waitress who is determined to become a PR exec to get out from under her controlling father’s thumb but ends up falling for an image consultant who’s just like him and must decide if her pride is worth losing the guy she’s fallen in love with.

Secret Santa (90’) stars Nola Martin, Brendan Murray, Andrew Carter and Jennifer Gibson. An Ad Exec is desperate for inspiration to create a heartfelt holiday advert for her biggest client, but when the widowed owner of the charity she’s been helping at discovers her real motives, she risks losing him – the one person who finally taught her to love Christmas again. 

An A-type personality discovers her suitcase of electronics was accidentally swapped with an identical suitcase on a plane trip in The Holiday Swap (90’), and in trying to fix the mix-up she rekindles a relationship with an old flame but must decide whether to abandon her workaholic ways to give them a second chance.  Starring Alex Paxton-Beesley, Morgan David Jones, Vanessa Jackson, Kym Wyatt McKenzie.