Nominated for the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and the 1980 Young Artist Award for Best Motion Picture featuring youth. Won the 1980 Young Artist Award for Best Musical Entertainment. Sanrio the company behind the "Hello Kitty" franchise actually made this. Don't let that be a turn off. Go watch it and forget about "Hello Kitty". Hard to find, exquisite weird and trippy stop motion movie. Highly detailed, dark yet beautiful. The story is mysterious and put you in an almost dreamlike state. It's confusing and rather difficult to describe. You'll have to watch it to see what I mean. I've seen it more than once, andevery time I watch it I find new details.
Nutcracker Fantasy has become one of those guilty pleasures we just have to watch in my family around xmas.