- This event has passed.
Louisville Jewish Film Festival: Virtual Special Event with SHTTL Actor Saul Rubinek
February 7, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FREE
SHTTL Virtual Event: A Conversation with Actor Saul Rubinek
Join us on Wednesday, February 7 at 7 p.m. as actor Saul Rubinek, who plays the Rabbi in SHTTL, will appear with Cantor David Lipp to discuss the film and his career. Rubinek was born in a displaced-persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany in 1948. The Rubinek family emigrated to Canada the following year. Rubinek has had a successful career as an actor in well-known films and television shows including Frasier and Warehouse 13 as well as most recently in the Amazon series, Hunters.
About SHTTL
France
109 minutes
In one unflinching shot, this story reveals a day in the life of a Yiddish Ukrainian village on the Polish border 24 hours before the Nazi invasion. A filmmaker returns from Kyiv to his rural village to marry the love of his life, instead of the Rabbi’s daughter he is expected to wed. The producers have fully reconstructed a traditional Shtetl outside of Kyiv, which they plan to turn into a museum.
Winner of Audience Award at Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival, Winner of Best Feature Film at Berlin Jewish Film Festival, Winner of Emerging Filmmaker Jury Prize at Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Winner of Audience Award at Cleveland International Film Festival.
