| Genre: | Drama Christmas |
| Based On: | Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright |
| Director: | Jonathan Wright |
| Starring: | Jeni Ross Markian Tarasiuk |
| Theme Music Composer: | Christopher Guglick |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Producer: | Jesse Prupas Jonas Prupas Shane Boucher Andra Johnson Duke Michael A. Dunn Barry McLerran Misha Solomon |
| Editor: | Mark Arcieri |
| Cinematography: | Michael Tien |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Company: | Muse Entertainment Enterprises |
| Network: | BYUtv (US) Citytv (Canada) |
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]