Films by Jay Rosenblatt

3 films
A two-time Oscar-nominated director and author of over 35 films, Jay Rosenblatt has for many years been creating cinema that delves into the emotional and psychological experience of man. His films are deeply personal in content, yet universal in their appeal, which brought them over 100 awards and screenings at the world’s most prestigious festivals.

  • How Do You Measure A Year?

    dir. Jay Rosenblatt
    dok2021

    Ella is the daughter of Jay Rosenblatt, a director known for his documentary experiments. At the same time, Ella is the protagonist of the film, who answers a few simple questions every year from her second to her eighteenth birthday. How do her answers change over time?

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    The next screenings
      Films by Jay Rosenblatt
    • 16:00
      Tuesday, June 2 Agrafka
    • Screening + Q&A
      15:30
      Friday, June 5 MOS

  • The Darkness of Day

    dir. Jay Rosenblatt
    dok2009

    A compilation documentary composed of fragments of archival films dealing with suicide and the accompanying states of depression, loneliness and sadness. By combining excerpts from old educational films, newsreels and archival footage, Jay Rosenblatt creates a personal and unsettling essay about human fears and obsessions, and about how culture attempts to come to terms with the unimaginable.

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    The next screenings
      Films by Jay Rosenblatt
    • 16:00
      Tuesday, June 2 Agrafka
    • Screening + Q&A
      15:30
      Friday, June 5 MOS

  • When We Were Bullies

    dir. Jay Rosenblatt
    dok2021

    An archival educational film and an accidental meeting with a friend from school bring back memories from the 1960s when the director was in the fifth year of elementary school. At that time he participated in a shameful incident. Together with other students, he tormented mentally and physically a class scape goat. What do they remember from those years?

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    film still When We Were Bullies
    The next screenings
      Films by Jay Rosenblatt
    • 16:00
      Tuesday, June 2 Agrafka
    • Screening + Q&A
      15:30
      Friday, June 5 MOS