Coming this fall to Disney+, ‘An Almost Christmas Story’ is an animated co-production between Alfonso Cuaron’s Esperanto Films, Titmouse, and Maere Studios Animation.

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Produced by Alfonso Cuaron and David Lowery, with Creative Design Supervisor Nicholas Ashe Bateman of Maere Studios.

MAERE STUDIOS developed the project for over a year, moving from earliest storyboards to full 3d animatics, designing the entire short and its visual style; creating all sets, characters, costumes, through to the supervision, lighting and compositing of all shots.