Written by Tom Williams, the film was produced by Pippa Cross, Harriet Rees, Dietmar Guentsche, and Wolfgang Behr.

Chalet Girl was filmed on location in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria, and in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

[citation needed] Nineteen-year-old Kim Mathews (Felicity Jones), is introduced by a television presenter (Miquita Oliver) as a former skateboarding champion whose mother was killed in a car accident.

Kim is initially turned down for the position but is accepted at the last minute as the current chalet girl broke her leg.

Meanwhile, Kim continues to work on her snowboarding skills and tries to conquer her fear of high jumps, which reminds her of the car crash that killed her mother.

Chalet Girl was one of several pitches by Tom Williams to producer Harriet Rees at the 2007 International Screenwriters' Festival.

Rees described Chalet Girl as the pitch that stood out, and Williams began to work on a script.

[2] The no-ski ban was extended to himself, Ed Westwick and Joe Geary, the first assistant director, during the early stages of production.

Producer Pippa Cross recalled the moment that they first met, "I remember her walking into the room when we were casting and the director Phil Traill looked at me and raised his eyebrows at me and I said: 'That's Kim'.

[5] Jones described her character as a "witty, spirited beast", and cited the collaborative process with Traill as the reason she took the role.

[7] German actor Ken Duken met the producers initially at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was cast as the Finnish character, Mikki, after being called in to audition.

In addition, Sophia Bush was cast as Chloe, Nicholas Braun as Nigel, and Georgia King as Jules.

[2] Chalet Girl was filmed on location in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, in Tyrol, western Austria, over the course of two months.

The village scenes were filmed in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in southern Germany, including using the interior of a German log cabin to double for a house in west London.

Nighy filmed his scenes over a period of two weeks,[5] and developed a football rivalry with Westwick as the two actors supported Manchester United and Chelsea, respectively.

[11][12][13] To promote the film, there was an online campaign that integrated social media into an interactive trailer; clicking a "like" button took viewers to additional features.

[16][17] In the United States, it was released by IFC Films in select cinemas and through video on demand on 14 October 2011.

"[21] Michael Leader for Den of Geek gave the film two stars, describing some of the jokes as "god-awful" and writing that Felicity Jones was an "absolutely delightful screen presence".

[3] Peter Bradshaw also gave the film two stars in a review for The Guardian, describing it as "amiable, silly, feelgood stuff".

[23] Time Out reviewer Dave Calhoun also gave it three stars, describing it as "loud, silly and surprisingly fun", and "corny and proud of it".

[24] The same star rating was given by Total Film, where Matthew Leyland described the production values as "tatty", but Felicity Jones as a "natural, likeable everygirl".

[27] Sophie Ivan for Film4 compared Chalet Girl to those from Working Title Films, saying that it was the first British comedy since then that "won't make you want to stick pins in your eyes", and gave three and a half stars.

[28] In its first week of release in the United Kingdom, Chalet Girl was the top-placed new film with £678,000 (US$1,090,000) in the first five days, having opened in 381 cinemas.