Niko & The Way to the Stars is a 2008 Finnish-Irish computer-animated Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Michael Hegner and Kari Juusonen. It is about a young reindeer who must overcome his fear of flying by heading to Santa Claus' fell to save him, and his fleet of flying reindeer from a pack of wolves. The sequel follows the story of Niko, who must deal with his mother for getting re-married. But along the way, he needs to look after his little step brother.