--- description: Wes Anderson's new short film for H&M gives viewers the exact Christmas commercial you would expect from the famed director. title: Wes Anderson's New Short Will You Get You in the Holiday Mood image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b80b5ed32ad1ad2/6988afca5f570ff91eb23658/screen-shot-2016-11-28-at-10-01-05-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Let Wes Anderson and Adrien Brody Get You in the Holiday Spirit With Their New Short Film  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 28, 2016 3:44 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Nov 28, 2016 3:44 PM CUT It may be an ad for H&M, but [Wes Anderson’s](http://time.com/3720256/grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson-colors-supercut/ "undefined") new short film gives viewers nearly four minutes of the exact [Christmas](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1868506%5F1868508%5F1868518,00.html "undefined") commercial you would expect from the famed director. Starring Adrien Brody as a train conductor tasked with throwing together a makeshift [holiday celebration](http://time.com/4574821/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-disneyland/ "undefined") for passengers experiencing a major travel delay Christmas morning, the clip is shot in Anderson’s classic style and culminates in a heartwarming — and extremely festive — surprise. “This story may resonate more than ever at a time in the world where we could all do with giving a stranger a hug,” Brody told [NME](http://www.nme.com/news/film/wes-anderson-christmas-advert-hm-adrien-brody-1878191 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4583396/wes-anderson-adrien-brody-hm-holiday-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4583396/wes-anderson-adrien-brody-hm-holiday-ad/"},"headline":"Let Wes Anderson and Adrien Brody Get You in the Holiday Spirit With Their New Short Film","datePublished":"2016-11-28T15:44:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:59.439Z","description":"Did someone say Darjeeling Limited sequel?","url":"https://time.com/4583396/wes-anderson-adrien-brody-hm-holiday-ad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","christmas","Holidays","Wes Anderson","Ads","H&M"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b80b5ed32ad1ad2/6988afca5f570ff91eb23658/screen-shot-2016-11-28-at-10-01-05-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b80b5ed32ad1ad2/6988afca5f570ff91eb23658/screen-shot-2016-11-28-at-10-01-05-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"screen-shot-2016-11-28-at-10-01-05-am","caption":"","creditText":"H&M","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4583396/wes-anderson-adrien-brody-hm-holiday-ad/","name":"Let Wes Anderson and Adrien Brody Get You in the Holiday Spirit With Their New Short Film"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Did someone say Darjeeling Limited sequel?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4583396/wes-anderson-adrien-brody-hm-holiday-ad/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4583396/wes-anderson-adrien-brody-hm-holiday-ad/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```