Jay Rosenblatt

How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)

For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt filmed his daughter Ella on her birthday in the same spot, asking her the same questions. In just 29 minutes, we watch her grow from a toddler to a young woman with all the beautiful and sometimes awkward stages in be ...

When We Were Bullies (2021)

A mind-boggling "coincidence" leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth grade class – and fifth grade teacher – to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident fifty years ago. ...

Filmmakers Unite (FU) (2017)

The Kodachrome Elegies (2017)

The Kodachrome elegies is a short documentary about a lost film stock, the loss of innocence and the end of an era. ...

Scared Very Scared (2017)

An imagined therapy session that obliquely suggests the seeds of "Trump" and the subsequent fear and anxiety he evokes. ...

When You Awake (2016)

An unscientific and comedic study of what happens when two people are hypnotized leading into an exhilarating journey into the unconscious mind (the repository for fears, desires, aggression, dreams) where all the images, sounds and music are from found fo ...

A long way from home (2015)

A hand-processed celluloid invocation of Jesus' last hours that hints at the relationship between the spirit and the flesh. Had there been actual footage of the crucifixion dug up by archaeologists, it might have looked like this. ...

The Claustrum (2014)

Three women are in enclosed psychological zones that function as both refuge and jail. ...

Trace of the future according to Jay Rosenblatt (2014)

Filmmakers that were selected at Visions du Réel in the past twenty editions celebrate the Festival's anniversary by each making a short movie in which they expose their view of the future. ...

Inquire Within (2012)

INQUIRE WITHIN is a hypnotic, apocalyptic examination of false choices, double binds, vulnerability and faith. ...

Way to Your Heart (2011)

Found Footage Rock Video ...

The D Train (2011)

An old man reflects on his entire life. How quickly it all goes by. ...

The Darkness of Day (2009)

The Darkness of Day is a haunting meditation on suicide. It is comprised entirely of found 16mm footage that had been discarded. The sadness, the isolation, and the desire to escape are recorded on film in various contexts. Voice-over readings from the jou ...

Beginning Filmmaking (2008)

A father takes us through one year of trying to teach a preschooler how to make a film. ...

Four Questions for a Rabbi (2008)

When Stacey Ross unexpectedly died in 2007, her friends contacted filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt to complete a project she had only just begun. The result is FOUR QUESTIONS FOR A RABBI, a film that touches upon issues of identity, persecution and mortality. ...

I Just Wanted to Be Somebody (2007)

Newsreels, commercials, and home movies are used to study the life and influence of Anita Bryant. ...

One Minute Racist (2007)

Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts to shed light on the mental process by which racism becomes internalized. ...

I Am a Sex Addict (2006)

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his romantic and sexual history, including his ideological commitment to open relationships, that led to two disas ...

Afraid So (2006)

A film about fear and anxiety. ...

Phantom Limb (2005)

The death of my seven-year-old brother when I was nine remains a painful and haunting memory. My parents did not know how to cope with the loss of their child and the entire family experienced indescribable pain. Phantom Limb uses this personal story as a ...

I'm Charlie Chaplin (2005)

... because it's Halloween. ...

I Like It a Lot (2004)

A two year old, an ice cream cone and a clean, white shirt. ...

I Used to Be a Filmmaker (2003)

A film about fatherhood and the bond between a father and his infant daughter. The filmmaker documents the first eighteen months of the child's life, showing the progression from newborn to infant to toddler. ...

Underground Zero (2002)

A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11. ...

In the Bathtub of the World (2001)

On January 1st, 1999, Caveh Zahedi started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result. ...

Nine Lives (The Eternal Moment of Now) (2001)

Exploring imagination, memories, dreams, or past lives of Pinky the cat. ...

Worm (2001)

An off-screen narrator remembers a time he was five years old, walking to school in a heavy rain, wearing a yellow slicker and cap. He relates to us that a boy he'd never seen before ran up to him and said that it was raining worms. Our lad of five is on t ...

King of the Jews (2000)

King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's educational films, personal home movies and religious films, the filmmaker depicts his childhood fear of Jesus Christ. These childhood recollections are a ...

Drop (1999)

The trials and tribulations of truly independent filmmaking and the quest for the perfect shot. ...

Human Remains (1998)

Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Franci ...

Period Piece (1996)

Period Piece is a 30 min. documentary about menarche--a girl's first menstrual period--which is a fundamental experience in every woman's life, yet one that is rarely celebrated. Women of different ages (8-84) and multi-cultural backgrounds tell their mena ...

The Smell of Burning Ants (1994)

A haunting documentary on the pains of growing up male. It explores the inner and outer cruelties that boys perpetrate and endure. The film provokes the viewer to reflect on how our society can deprive boys of wholeness. ...

Short of Breath (1991)

A woman is reduced to tears. She bends over backwards trying to be a good wife and mother. Her head is cut off from her heart. A doctor picks her brain. A boy inherits his mother's depression. Short of Breath is a haunting, emotional collage about bir ...

Brain in the Desert (1990)

A haunting and humorous film about romantic relationships and insects. ...

How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)

For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt filmed his daughter Ella on her birthday in the same spot, asking her the same questions. In just 29 minutes, we watch her grow from a toddler to a young woman with all the beautiful and sometimes awkward stages in be ...

When We Were Bullies (2021)

A mind-boggling "coincidence" leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth grade class – and fifth grade teacher – to examine their memory of and complicity in a bullying incident fifty years ago. ...

The Show About the Show (2017)

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the ...

The D Train (2011)

An old man reflects on his entire life. How quickly it all goes by. ...

I Am a Sex Addict (2006)

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his romantic and sexual history, including his ideological commitment to open relationships, that led to two disas ...

The Film Within the Film (2005)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts commissions Caveh Zahedi to make a film. ...

In the Bathtub of the World (2001)

On January 1st, 1999, Caveh Zahedi started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result. ...

King of the Jews (2000)

King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's educational films, personal home movies and religious films, the filmmaker depicts his childhood fear of Jesus Christ. These childhood recollections are a ...