Jay Rosenblatt Movies

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...

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

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...

A haunting and humorous film about romantic relationships and insects.

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

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...

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

... because it's Halloween.

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

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

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

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

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

When Stacey Ross unexpectedly died in 2007, her friends contacted filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt to complete a project she had only just begun. The result...

Found Footage Rock Video

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

Mary Shelley’s writing combines with Boris Karloff’s performance to re-work the myth of Frankenstein. In five minutes the...


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


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

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