  We report a detailed analysis of a failed eruption and flare in active region
12018 on 2014 April 3 using multiwavelength observations from SDO/AIA, IRIS,
STEREO, and Hinode/SOT. At least four jets were observed to emanate from the
cusp of this small active region (large bright point) with a null-point
topology during the two hours prior to the slow rise of a filament. During the
filament slow rise multiple plasma blobs were seen, most likely formed in a
null-point current sheet near the cusp. The subsequent filament eruption, which
was outside the IRIS field of view, was accompanied by a flare but remained
confined. During the explosive flare reconnection phase, additional blobs
appeared repetitively and moved bidirectionally within the flaring region below
the erupting filament. The filament kinked, rotated, and underwent leg-leg
reconnection as it rose, yet it failed to produce a coronal mass ejection. Tiny
jet-like features in the fan loops were detected during the filament
slow-rise/pre-flare phase. We interpret them as signatures of reconnection
between the ambient magnetic field and the plasmoids leaving the null-point
sheet and streaming along the fan loops. We contrast our interpretation of
these tiny jets, which occur within the large-scale context of a failed
filament eruption, with the local nanoflare-heating scenario proposed by
Antolin et al. (2021).
