The Holdovers

At the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, The Holdovers took second place in the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film. Further festival invitations, awards and nominations for film prizes followed, including an Oscar for supporting actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph. She and lead actor Paul Giamatti were also honoured at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards. 

Christmas spirit? Unfortunately, not! At the elite boarding school Barton Academy, the unpopular teacher Mr. Hunham (Paul Giamatti) looks after the unhappy pupils who don't know where to spend the holidays. After a few days, there is only one pupil left, the rebellious Angus (Dominic Sessa). Together with cook Mary (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), they experience all sorts of strange misadventures and moving moments that bring the unlikely trio together as a surrogate family against their will.