1:00 pmElf
Director: Jon Favreau. Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel, and Bob Newhart.
November 30th through December 16th, Ohio University s Athena Cinema will partner with the Department of Real Estate Management, Community Engagement and Economic Development to show popular holiday family films. The price of admission will be a minimum donation of one canned or non perishable food good per ticket to be donated to Athens City Food Pantries and other hunger relief programs. Cash donations are also accepted. As part of the event patrons will also receive a complimentary snowflake cookie to enjoy during the movie.
Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus (Edward Asner). When the news is finally broken to Buddy that he is not a real elf, he decides to head back to his place of birth, New York City, in search of his biological family.
