Christmas Jars

*Christmas Jars*
Christmas Jars
Genre	Drama; Christmas
Based on	Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright
Written by	Andrea Stevens
Directed by	Jonathan Wright
Starring	Jeni Ross; Markian Tarasiuk
Theme music composer	Christopher Guglick
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Jesse Prupas; Jonas Prupas; Shane Boucher; Andra Johnson Duke; Michael A. Dunn; Barry McLerran; Misha Solomon
Cinematography	Michael Tien
Editor	Mark Arcieri
Running time	110 minutes
Production company	Muse Entertainment Enterprises
Original release
Network	BYUtv (US); Citytv (Canada)
Release	December 2019

Christmas Jars is a Canadian television film, directed by Jonathan Wright and released in 2019.^[1] Based on the 2005 novel by Jason F. Wright, the film stars Jeni Ross as Hope Jensen, a journalist investigating a phenomenon of jars of money being anonymously left on the doorsteps of needy families as Christmas gifts.^[2]

The film's cast also includes Markian Tarasiuk as Hope's love interest Ian Maxwell.

The film was shot near Ottawa in early 2019.^[3] It premiered in December 2019 on BYUtv in the United States, and Citytv in Canada.^[4]

The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.^[5] Ross and Tarasiuk received nominations for Best Performance in a Television Movie, and Andrea Stevens was nominated for Best Writing in a TV Movie.^[6]

References[edit]

^ Doug Fox, "Move over, Hallmark, 'Christmas Jars' coming to a screen near you". Daily Herald, October 31, 2019.
^ David Adams, "Passing on the blessing: 'Christmas Jars' author Jason F Wright on the story behind the book, film and international movement". Sight, December 2, 2020.
^ Kelly Townsend, "Ottawa hosts ‘Christmas’ in March". Playback, March 4, 2019.
^ Lottie Elizabeth Johnson, "How one family’s Christmas tradition became a national movement". Deseret News, November 29, 2019.
^ Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021.
^ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

External links[edit]

Christmas Jars at IMDb

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[1] Doug Fox, "Move over, Hallmark, 'Christmas Jars' coming to a screen near you". Daily Herald, October 31, 2019.

[2] David Adams, "Passing on the blessing: 'Christmas Jars' author Jason F Wright on the story behind the book, film and international movement". Sight, December 2, 2020.

[3] Kelly Townsend, "Ottawa hosts ‘Christmas’ in March". Playback, March 4, 2019.

[4] Lottie Elizabeth Johnson, "How one family’s Christmas tradition became a national movement". Deseret News, November 29, 2019.

[5] Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021.

[6] Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

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