Heartbeat
USA2025documentary30'Short Film Competition
Jay Rosenblatt, a master of avant-garde cinema with two Oscar nominations, once again turns the camera on himself. The footage shot 25 years ago is a raw record of a couple’s dialogue as they experience the crisis of upcoming parenthood. Rosenblatt has long used the documentary as a tool of introspection – and this is yet another manifestation of his fascination with the tensions that lie beneath the surface of everyday conversations. Just like most of his films, this documentary also eludes pigeonholing – it is a personal story and, at the same time, a universal study of the human condition.
- directed by
- Jay Rosenblatt
American experimental film director who has been working as a freelance filmmaker since 1980. He has made over 30 films. He is a fellow of the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundation. His films have received numerous awards at international festivals. His retrospective was organized, among others, during the New York Film Forum and at MoMA in New York. His work has often been critically reviewed, including in the New York Times and such magazines as Sight&Sound and Filmmaker. He is the programming director of the Jewish Film Festival in San Francisco.
Stephanie Rapp- Photo
