Director: Leif Bristow
Vienna's cobblestone streets and a family-run chocolate shop set the stage for this 2024 romance, where two rival heirs keep colliding despite every reason to stay apart.
What is My Sweet Austrian Holiday about?
Charlotte left her old life behind to settle in Vienna, taking over the chocolate shop she inherited from her grandparents and building a new identity as a chocolatier. Her routine is upended when Henry, newly installed at the head of his father's company, arrives with plans that could see her shop folded into a larger corporate portfolio. What begins as a straightforward business dispute keeps getting complicated by how often the two end up in the same room, and by how much less certain Henry becomes about the deal the longer he stays.
Cast & crew
Brittany Bristow plays Charlotte and carries the emotional center of the film, while Will Kemp takes on Henry, the corporate heir whose intentions shift as the story moves forward. Richard Sheridan Willis, Suzanne McKenney, Catherine Disher, Jinesea Bianca Lewis, Toni Ellwand, and Adam Boncz round out the supporting cast. Leif Bristow directs, working within the holiday-romance formula that fans of the genre will recognize immediately.
Context & significance
My Sweet Austrian Holiday belongs to a wave of Canadian-produced romances that lean on European settings, here Vienna's chocolate-making tradition, as the backdrop for a will-they-won't-they plot. The 2024 release, a Canada-United States co-production, runs a brisk 84 minutes and keeps its focus tightly on the two leads and the shop at the center of the takeover plot rather than sprawling side stories. The film also fits a familiar pattern for the genre: a big city professional relocating somewhere with more charm than convenience, and a business conflict that doubles as an excuse to keep two people in each other's orbit long enough for feelings to catch up with logic.
Where & how to watch
The film streams on K-Time, where this page — plot details, cast list, and full overview included — stays free to read without logging in. Watching the film itself requires a K-Time account, and the platform's interface and recommendations are built with Farsi-speaking viewers in mind throughout.