After the London Film Festival, the Ukrainian-French historical drama “SHTTL” will be shown in Rome – at the Rome Film Festival, which will be held from October 13 to 23.
Yes, the film “SHTTL” was selected for the main competition of the Rome Film Festival.
It is noted that in the section “Progressive Cinema – Visions of the World of Tomorrow” (Progressive Cinema – Visioni per il Mondo di Domani) 16 films from different countries will be shown: games, documentaries and animations. “SHTTL” is the only project of the competition program of the film festival from Ukraine.
In the center of the plot of the film “SHTTL” is the love story of young residents of a shtetl (small town in Yiddish) in the Lviv region against the background of dramatic historical events. Yuna and Mendel fight for their happiness and the opportunity to be together despite the will of their parents, and the Ukrainian Demyan helps them. All this happens in June 1941, a day before the Nazi offensive.
The historical basis of the film is the fate of the town of Sokal in the Lviv region, which was destroyed by the German army.