Film Screening and Conversation with the Filmmakers

Winner of numerous Best Short Film awards (Boston Jewish Film Festival, Filmfest Bremen, Budapest Film Awards) and other prizes, MASEL TOV COCKTAIL (2020, 30 min.) is an energetic and provocative picture of Jewish life in contemporary Germany. The screening and conversation included co-directors Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatzsch, who appeared virtually.

Synopsis: "Dimitrij Liebermann (18) is Jewish and punched Tobi in the face. Now he’s supposed to apologize to him. But Dimitrij doesn’t exactly feel sorry. While on his way to meet up with Tobi, he encounters a diverse representation of German society. Again and again, Dimitrij faces one struggle he needs to overcome: his German-Jewish identity. An analysis of the status quo."

See an excerpt from the film here.

Hosted by the UVA Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and the Davidson College Department of German Studies, with the support of the UVA Center for German Studies and the German Embassy in Washington, D.C.

 Contact: Prof. Paul Dobryden (pad9q@virginia.edu).