The picture was selected for participation in the BFI London Film Festival.
The historical drama “Shuttle” jointly produced by France and Ukraine was selected for the program of one of the leading film festivals of Great Britain. According to Derzhkino, this screening will be the film's premiere.
The festival describes the film as a “stunning black-and-white one-frame drama” and “an impressive Yiddish debut of director Eddie Walter.”
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At the center of the plot of the film is the love story of two residents of a shtetl (small town in Yiddish). Yuna and Medel fight for their happiness and the opportunity to be together, despite the will of their parents. A Ukrainian named Demyan helps them. All this happens in June 1941 – a day before the Nazi attack. The historical basis for the film was the fate of the town of Sokal in the Lviv region, which was destroyed by the German army.
The film was shot in the summer of 2021. Shtetls – Jewish settlements that existed in Eastern Europe before World War II – were built especially for them in the Kyiv region.
This year, the London Film Festival will be held from October 5 to 16. It will present 164 films from 63 countries. For 22 feature films, these will be world premieres. So, cult director Guillermo del Toro will present his animation “Pinocchio”. The winner of “Oscar”, “Grammy” and BAFTA, Asif Kapadia will present his new film “Creature” (Creature) to an international audience for the first time.
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