Jay Rosenblatt Filmes

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

Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most...

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a...

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

A mind-boggling "coincidence" leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth grade class – and fifth grade teacher – to examine their memory...

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his...

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.

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,...

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

King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's educational films, personal home movies and...

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...

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...

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


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


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

A film about fear and anxiety. 
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival



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

This emotionally raw and intimate documentary, shot 25 years ago, follows a couple - the filmmakers - in their complicated journey towards bringing a...