A Christmas Open House

Directed By Emily Moss Wilson
When a professional home stager is put in charge of selling her Georgia childhood home over the holidays, she reconnects with an unrequited high school crush, and as Christmas approaches and tensions grow, so does a romantic relationship between them.
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Melissa Norwood (Katie Stevens) has been building her career as a property stager in Atlanta, with hopes of opening her own business someday soon. Melissa specializes in making spaces appealing to buyers by removing anything too personal, but when she teams with realtor David Phelps (Victor Rasuk) to stage her own childhood home, getting too personal is something she may not be able to avoid.

Emily Moss Wilson has written and directed 11 films across various networks such as Hallmark, Discovery+ and Lifetime, including CHRISTMAS IN TUNE starring Reba McEntire that was nominated for a Hollywood Critics Association Award for best TV Movie. Her most recent movie, the holiday rom-com RESCUING CHRISTMAS starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Sam Page, is streaming on Hallmark Movies Now. Emily is currently in post on an independent drama called INHERITANCE set to premiere in 2024. Originally from Louisiana, Emily moved to LA with a film degree from TCU. After working for 20th Century Fox and ABC in development/production, Emily had the opportunity to work with legendary writer/director Garry Marshall as his on-set script coordinator. Garry became one of Emily's first directing mentors. She also served as Creative Executive of the ATX Television Festival where she was involved in programming and directing content with some of the biggest names in TV. Her directorial debut, the Twilight Zone-inspired short DRINK, premiered at the Dances With Films Festival to rave reviews. The film has over five million views online. In addition to shadowing veteran TV directors like Norman Buckley and Allison Liddi-Brown, Emily was selected as an "Emerging Female Director" for the WeForShe DirectHer Program (paired with Christine Gernon) and as a fellow for Ryan Murphy's Half Foundation Directing Program (paired with Jamie Lee Curtis). Emily is a proud member the WGA, SAG, and Film Fatales.