Miron Shuvalov

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.

Seventeen-year-old hearing-impaired Olga, along with her father Roman, stepmother Maryna and younger brother Sashko, is about to embark on a dangerous journey to the west of the country to escape the advancing Russian forces. However, their house is suddenly occupied by enemy soldiers.