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.
Community
Vote on scenes, quotes, and characters for In the Jam Jar (2021).
The moment that still lives in your head.
Starters for In the Jam Jar
Your take
Rate this title
Tap half or full stars · 0.5–10 scale
Be the first Cinemoood rating
Open communitySign in to save your rating.
None yet
See all
One Year After According My Grandpa
2026
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
2017
The Queen
2006 · 6.9
The Good Shepherd
2006 · 6.4
Hollywoodland
2006 · 6.1
The Discovery of Heaven
2001 · 6.6
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
2017
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
2017
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
2006 · 7.2
The Host
2006 · 7.0
