Philip Kozlov

In one continuous shot, SHTTL shows the lives, loves, and inner conflicts within a Yiddish speaking shtetl on the border between Ukraine and Poland - one day before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

In the absence of sex education in school and at home in a Russian province in the early 90's, the boy Serezja discovers his sexuality in a strange and comical way in which an accordion plays a crucial role.