Upcoming
June 4, 2026
Using interviews and archival recordings this film meticulously links the story of American Yiddish creativity with Guthrie’s art as rooted in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
Set in the twenty-four hours before the Nazi invasion of Ukraine, SHTTL tells a story about life, love and hope set in an unnamed Yiddish Ukrainian village at the border of Poland. Amid communal tensions between tradition and modernity.
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Audience Award Winner, Rome Film Festival 2022
Photographed in a shtetl that the production team constructed outside of Kyiv, this single-shot film is entirely in Yiddish. Set in the twenty-four hours before the Nazi invasion of Ukraine, SHTTL tells a story about life, love and hope set in an unnamed Yiddish Ukrainian village at the border of Poland. Amid communal tensions between tradition and modernity, two young men are fighting over a woman they both desire to marry. The cast features some native Yiddish speakers, including Saul Rubinek. With its focus on life rather than death, it is a tribute to those who perished.
In-person Guest Actor Saul Rubinek
Reviews:
“A towering, single-take masterpiece of the lives we’ve lost … A keenly observed, deeply cathartic movie” Slash Film
“‘SHTTL’ is already one of the year’s best films … It is a film that deserves a viewing on the loftiest screen available. This film left me breathless.” Reel News Daily
Presented by:
A Kultura Collective Member
In Partnership with:
The Committee for Yiddish of UJA Federation, Ashkenaz Festival
Start Date: June 11, 2023
Closing Date: June 14, 2023
JUNE 11, 1:00 PM
IN-PERSON
HOT DOCS TED ROGERS CINEMA
JUNE 13 – JUNE 14
ONLINE
TJFF VIRTUAL CINEMA
IN-PERSON
HOT DOCS TED ROGERS CINEMA
JUNE 13 – JUNE 14
ONLINE
TJFF VIRTUAL CINEMA
Virtual / In-Person
506 Bloor St W, Toronto
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