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Awards

Jay Rosenblatt

32 wins & 40 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
    2023 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary Short Film
    • How Do You Measure a Year?
  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2022 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary Short Subject
    • When We Were Bullies

Ann Arbor Film Festival

  • 1999 Winner Jury Award
    • Excellence in the Art of Film Editing
    • A Pregnant Moment
    Shared with: Jennifer Frame
  • The Smell of Burning Ants (1994)
    1994 Winner Best of the Festival
    • The Smell of Burning Ants

Aspen Shortsfest

  • I Used to Be a Filmmaker (2003)
    2003 Winner Special Jury Award
    • I Used to Be a Filmmaker
    The jury wishes to name two films for special recognition for making us laugh. I Used to Be a Filmmaker - we are waiting to see Ella follow in her father's footsteps and anxiously await her Aspen debut in 2021.
  • Nine Lives (the Eternal Moment of Now) (2001)
    2001 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Short Short
    • Nine Lives (the Eternal Moment of Now)
    For a film of distinction which achieved its goal with extreme brevity. This film takes on the cat, its relationship to us, and to cinema - all in 60 seconds.
  • Human Remains (1998)
    1998 Winner Jury Award
    • Documentary - Best of Category
    • Human Remains

Thomas Edison Film Festival

  • Human Remains (1998)
    1999 Winner Juror's Choice
    • Human Remains

Camerimage

  • 2016 Winner Award for Outstanding Achievements in Documentary Filmmaking

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Afraid So (2006)
    2006 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Short Film
    • Afraid So
  • 2004 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Short Film
    • I Like It a Lot
  • I Used to Be a Filmmaker (2003)
    2003 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Short Film
    • I Used to Be a Filmmaker
  • 1988 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Short Film
    • Paris X 2

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

  • Human Remains (1998)
    1999 Winner Best Short Narrative Film
    • Human Remains

Krakow Film Festival

  • Heartbeat (2025)
    2025 Nominee Golden Dragon
    • International Short Film Competition
    • Heartbeat
    Shared with: Stephanie Rapp
  • How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
    2022 Winner Golden Dragon
    • International Short Film Competition
    • How Do You Measure a Year?
  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Dragon
    • International Short Film Competition
    • When We Were Bullies
  • The Darkness of Day (2015)
    2010 Winner Silver Dragon
    • Best Documentary Film
    • The Darkness of Day

Florida Film Festival

  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Winner Grand Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • When We Were Bullies
  • Human Remains (1998)
    1998 Winner Grand Jury Award
    • Documentary, Short
    • Human Remains

Hamptons International Film Festival

  • Human Remains (1998)
    1998 Winner Golden Starfish Award
    • Best Short
    • Human Remains
    Tied with Raw Images from the Optic Cross (1998).

Humboldt International Film Festival

  • King of the Jews (2000)
    2000 Winner Best Experimental
    • King of the Jews

International Documentary Association

  • The Darkness of Day (2015)
    2010 Nominee Pare Lorentz Award
    • The Darkness of Day
  • Human Remains (1998)
    1998 Winner IDA Award
    • Short Documentaries
    • Human Remains
  • Human Remains (1998)
    1998 Nominee Video Source Award
    • Human Remains

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

  • Inquire Within (2012)
    2012 Nominee Best Experimental Documentary
    • Inquire Within
  • 2001 Winner Contribution to World Cinema

Locarno Film Festival

  • How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow
    • Auteur Competition
    • How Do You Measure a Year?

Melbourne International Film Festival

  • The Smell of Burning Ants (1994)
    1995 Winner City of Melbourne Award
    • Best Short Experimental
    • The Smell of Burning Ants

Nashville Film Festival

  • How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
    2022 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Short
    • How Do You Measure a Year?
  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Short
    • When We Were Bullies
  • I Used to Be a Filmmaker (2003)
    2003 Winner Best Documentary Short
    • I Used to Be a Filmmaker
    Tied with Covered Girls (2002).

Palm Springs International ShortFest

  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Nominee Best Documentary Short
    • When We Were Bullies
  • Human Remains (1998)
    1998 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Human Remains

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • The Claustrum (2014)
    2014 Nominee Golden Gate Award
    • Best New Visions
    • The Claustrum

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Phantom Limb (2005)
    2005 Winner Short Film Competition Special Jury Award
    • Phantom Limb

Shorts International Film Festival

  • Human Remains (1998)
    1998 Winner Best Short Film
    • Documentary
    • Human Remains

Sundance Film Festival

  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Nominee Short Film Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • When We Were Bullies
  • Human Remains (1998)
    1998 Winner Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention
    • Human Remains

Tampere Film Festival

  • The Darkness of Day (2015)
    2010 Winner Best Documentary
    • The Darkness of Day
    • Destination finale
    Shared with: Philip Widmann
  • The Smell of Burning Ants (1994)
    1995 Winner Best Documentary
    • The Smell of Burning Ants

USA Film Festival

  • King of the Jews (2000)
    2000 Winner Grand Prize
    • King of the Jews
  • King of the Jews (2000)
    2000 Winner First Place
    • Non-Fiction
    • King of the Jews

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Winner Tiempo de Historia Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • When We Were Bullies

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

  • The Claustrum (2014)
    2014 Nominee Hamburg Short Film Award
    • The Claustrum

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Underground Zero (2002)
    2002 Winner Special Citation
    • Underground Zero
    Shared with: Caveh Zahedi

Tribeca Film Festival

  • Inquire Within (2012)
    2012 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Narrative Short
    • Inquire Within
  • The D Train (2011)
    2011 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Narrative Short
    • The D Train
  • 2008 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Beginning Filmmaking
  • I Just Wanted to Be Somebody (2007)
    2007 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • I Just Wanted to Be Somebody
  • Afraid So (2006)
    2006 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Narrative Short
    • Afraid So

Virginia Film Festival

  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Short
    • When We Were Bullies

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

  • The Claustrum (2014)
    2014 Nominee Sheffield Short Doc Award
    • The Claustrum

VIS Vienna Independent Shorts

  • Heartbeat (2025)
    2025 Nominee Vienna Short Film Award
    • International Competition - Fiction & Documentary
    • Heartbeat
    Shared with: Stephanie Rapp
  • How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
    2022 Winner Honorable Mention
    • International Competition - Fiction & Documentary
    • How Do You Measure a Year?

International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra Punto de Vista

  • The Darkness of Day (2015)
    2010 Winner Special Mention
    • The Darkness of Day
  • The Darkness of Day (2015)
    2010 Nominee Prize for Best Short Film
    • The Darkness of Day
  • Four Questions for a Rabbi (2008)
    2009 Nominee Prize for Best Short Film
    • Four Questions for a Rabbi
  • Phantom Limb (2005)
    2006 Winner Special Mention
    • Phantom Limb
  • Phantom Limb (2005)
    2006 Nominee Prize for Best Short Film
    • Phantom Limb

DocAviv Film Festival

  • How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Short Film
    • How Do You Measure a Year?
  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Nominee Best Short Film
    • When We Were Bullies

IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

  • Heartbeat (2025)
    2025 Nominee Short Film Grand Prize
    • International Competition
    • Heartbeat
    Shared with: Stephanie Rapp
  • How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
    2022 Nominee Silvestre Award
    • Best Short Film
    • How Do You Measure a Year?

Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival

  • How Do You Measure a Year? (2021)
    2022 Nominee International Docs Competition
    • Short Dox Award
    • How Do You Measure a Year?

AFI Docs Festival

  • When We Were Bullies (2021)
    2021 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Short Documentary
    • When We Were Bullies

It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival

  • Heartbeat (2025)
    2025 Nominee Best International Documentary Short Award
    • Best International Documentary Short
    • Heartbeat
    Shared with: Stephanie Rapp

ZagrebDox

  • The Darkness of Day (2015)
    2010 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • The Darkness of Day
  • 2009 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • Beginning Filmmaking
  • Phantom Limb (2005)
    2006 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • Phantom Limb

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