My Best Dox

Phantom Limb

Jay Rosenblatt
Screening time  
26.02. / Wednesday, 16:00 - 18:00 Theatre 4  
The filmmaker whose retrospective we had a chance to see two years ago at ZagrebDox, poetically focuses on the consequences of his brother’s death in early childhood.

Phantom Limb by Jay Rosenblatt, the filmmaker whose retrospective we had a chance to see two years ago at ZagrebDox, poetically focuses on the consequences of his brother’s death in early childhood. The director, also a psychologist, uses this film as a sort of aesthetic self-therapy. Rosenblatt utilises unexpected and all but clichéd audiovisual means. His approach is characterised by the use of different directorial procedures, such as title cards, off narration, archive footage, family videos, accentuated music and interviews. Although it may sound unbelievable, with all the stylistic diversity, the author manages to keep his recognisable, both reserved and emotional, minimalist style.

Igor Bezinović

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Jay Rosenblatt

Jay Rosenblatt is an internationally recognized artist who has been working as an independent filmmaker since 1980 and has completed over thirty films. His films have received over 100 awards and have screened throughout the world. His most recent films screened for a week at MoMA, and eight of his films have been screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Jay is a recipient of a Guggenheim, USA Artists and a Rockefeller Fellowship. He is a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and served on the Executive Committee for 9 years. Jay is originally from New York and has lived in San Francisco for many years. For more than 20 years he was a film and video production instructor at various film schools, including Stanford University, S.F. State University, and the San Francisco Art Institute. He is currently the Program Director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He has a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and, in a former life, worked as a therapist.

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Phantom Limb

USA
2005, 28', video

Directed by:
Jay Rosenblatt

Screenplay by:
Jay Rosenblatt

Cinematography:
Ara Corbett, Todd Curtis, Jay Rosenblatt

Edited by:
Jay Rosenblatt

Music:
Arvo Pärt, Eliane Radigue

Producer:
Jay Rosenblatt

Festivals & Awards:

Black Maria Film & Video Festival – First Prize; Florida Film Festival – Best Short Documentary; Belgrade Documentary Film Festival - Best Documentary; IndieLisboa – Onda Curta Short Film Award; Seattle International Film Festival - Special Jury Award; Humboldt International Film Festival - Juror's Choice Award; Ann Arbor Film Festival – Honorable Mention; Prends ça court – Best International Short; Festival dei Popoli – Special Mention Award; Imago Film Festival –  Special Mention Award; Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement - Special Mention Award; Punto de Vista Festival - Special Mention Award; International Documentary Association –  Distinguished Documentary Award Nomination