Jay Rosenblatt Movies

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

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...

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

Shot 25 years ago, this intimate, disarming and emotionally raw documentary offers a privileged window into a couple (filmmakers Jay Rosenblatt and...

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...

A 'dog-u-mentary' about birth, loss and near death. The film follows three adults and a dog named Lola through Lola's pregnancy, the birth of her...

Take a chance. Don't do it. This is America. Do it.

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...

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

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

Found Footage Rock Video


Faith and fear. Duck and cover. One response to 9/11.
 Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival


A hand-processed celluloid invocation of Jesus’ last hours that hints at the relationship between the spirit and the flesh. Had there been...

A haunting and humorous film about romantic relationships and insects.

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

Filmmakers that were selected at Visions du Réel in the past twenty editions celebrate the Festival's anniversary by each making a short movie...

An unscientific and comedic study of what happens when two people are hypnotized leading into an exhilarating journey into the unconscious mind (the...

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

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

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