Christmas Jars

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]

Christmas Jars
GenreDrama
Christmas
Based onChristmas Jars by Jason F. Wright
Written byAndrea Stevens
Directed byJonathan Wright
StarringJeni Ross
Markian Tarasiuk
Theme music composerChristopher Guglick
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersJesse Prupas
Jonas Prupas
Shane Boucher
Andra Johnson Duke
Michael A. Dunn
Barry McLerran
Misha Solomon
CinematographyMichael Tien
EditorMark Arcieri
Running time110 minutes
Production companyMuse Entertainment Enterprises
Release
Original networkBYUtv (US)
Citytv (Canada)
Original release
  • December 2019 (2019-12)

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]

See also

References
  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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