Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Short description
Olaf's Frozen Adventure is a short animated feature set in the kingdom of Arendelle around the holiday season. Elsa and Anna prepare to celebrate their first Christmas together since reopening the castle gates, but they realise they have no family traditions of their own, as celebrations fell away after their parents died. The snowman Olaf takes it upon himself to travel the kingdom with the reindeer Sven, visiting households to collect the customs and holiday practices of the townspeople, hoping to bring the sisters something they can share.
The film is directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton, who previously worked together on the three Prep & Landing television specials between 2009 and 2011; this is the fourth title in that directing chronology. Jac Schaeffer wrote the screenplay, Roy Conli produced, and the voice cast features Josh Gad as Olaf, Kristen Bell as Anna, Idina Menzel as Elsa and Jonathan Groff as Kristoff, alongside Eva Bella and Chris Williams. It runs 22 minutes and was produced by Walt Disney Pictures with Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Reception has been modest. On IMDb it holds 5.7 out of 10 from around 15,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.5 out of 10 from roughly 1,500 votes, so the smaller audience sample there is somewhat more favourable than the larger one on IMDb.
What's left behind the scenes
- Many of the festive traditions and customs that Olaf "collects" for Anna and Elsa actually exist in Scandinavian countries.
- Initially, it was intended to be a television film shown on the "ABC" channel, however, during the work on it, the filmmakers and high-ranking employees of "Disney" decided that this project was too "cinematic" to be shown on television, and came to the conclusion that it should be released in cinemas. "Disney" even decided to release it alongside the animated film "Coco" (2017).
- At the very beginning of the cartoon, there is a scene with Olaf and a cake made of rings stacked on top of each other, together forming the image of a Christmas tree. This cake, traditional for Denmark and Norway, is baked from almond flour, and its name, "kransekake", translates as "wreath cake".
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