When We Were Bullies :: Jay Rosenblatt Films

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	When We Were Bullies Written and Directed by Jay Rosenblatt 36 minutes • Pro Res HQ • color/B&W • 2021 2022 ACADEMY AWARD® Nomination, Best Short Documentary Official Selection, Telluride Film Festival World Premiere, Sundance Film Festival When We Were Bullies begins with a mind boggling "coincidence" from 25 years ago which ultimately leads the filmmaker to track down his 5th grade class (and 5th grade teacher) to see what they remember of a bullying incident from 50 years ago. In a playful yet poignant way, he begins to understand his complicity and the elusive nature of memory. REVIEWS "The shame Rosenblatt feels for having bullied another is palpable, but he has taken that and made a work of art that is sad and funny and very much in touch with the human condition." -Pam Grady, SF Chronicle "Conjuring the past with an enticing array of cinematic devices—close analysis of film footage, the playful animation and manipulation of still photographs, copious interviews on camera and in voice-over, and his own trenchant and rueful monologues—Rosenblatt evokes lifetimes of anguish while also pondering the ethics of telling the victim’s story." — Richard Brody, The New Yorker Critic's Pick: “'Bullies' is a deeply personal essay about the director’s childhood, centering on an instance of bullying in which Rosenblatt participated when he was in fifth grade. It’s an exhumation of the long-buried past, told with a mix of found footage, animation, first-person voice-over and traditional interviews. It may not be the most topical or newsy of the documentary selections, but it is, hands down, the most artful." - Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post AWARDS 2022 ACADEMY AWARD® Nomination, Best Short Documentary Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short - Florida Film Festival Best Short Documentary, History of Time, Valladolid Film Festival, Spain Audience Award for Best Short Documentary, Virginia Film Festival Best Documentary Short, Fargo Film Festival SCREENINGS Sundance Film Festival AFI Docs Sheffield Documentary Film Festival Florida Film Festival Krakow Film Festival, Poland Docaviv, Israel Palm Springs International ShortFest Mountain Film Festival Nashville Film Festival Heartland Indy Shorts Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic Valladolid International Festival, Spain Sebastopol Documentary Festival DOC NYC Holly Shorts Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Virginia Film Festival Naples Film Festival Fargo Film Festival It's All True Documentary Film Festival, Brazil Rocky Mountain Women's Film Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, San Francisco Sedona Film Festival Theatrical distribution to 300+ theaters with Shorts International program CREDITS Producer, Director, Writer, Editor: Jay Rosenblatt Animation: Jeremy Rourke Original music: Erik Ian Walker Featuring: Richard J. Silberg, Mark Athitakis, Wendy Newman, Bobbe Bromberg Cinematography: Kirsten Johnson, Ellie McCutcheon, Jay Rosenblatt Sound design and mix: Pete Horner (Skywalker Sound) Archival research & assistant editor: Lucas Morrison Voice over direction: Caveh Zahedi Sound recording: Judy Karp Script & editing consultants: Ellen Bruno, Stephanie Rapp, Caveh Zahedi European producers: Stefano Tealdi, Elena Filippini On line editors: Jim Farber, Summers Henderson Color grading: Robert Arnold Funding: ZDF/Arte, Catapult Film Fund, San Francisco Arts Commission

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