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In the Jam Jar

In the Jam Jar

★ 7.0/10•2021•13m•Drama

Joan's musings on death silently echo with her son Dan's in this tribute to maternal love.

n the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan’s final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan’s, her 50-year-old son. This fiction short-movie is a dive into death and grief, a tribute to maternal love comprised of nail clippings, aquarelle, strawberry jam and a ghost radar.

Colin Nixon · Director

Colin Nixon · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime13m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 8, 2021

Actors

France Castel

France Castel

Joan

Alain Goulem

Alain Goulem

Dan

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