2023-2024 Mort Skirboll Jewish Film Festival: The Way to Happiness

The 15th Annual Mort Skirboll Jewish Film Festival is a highlight of our Cultural Arts Program season, celebrating Jewish culture through film! Join us for three stand-alone films each month, leading up to our 5-day film festival in March, where we will welcome you to The Ora, Sarasota’s premier event venue.

Watch The Way to Happiness
Saul Birnbaum was a “hidden child”, who, at the age of six, was separated from his parents to escape the Holocaust. He was sent away by Kindertransport. Forward to 1986, Saul is on the path to recovery. He has opened a delicatessen unlike any other, where movies are shown every day. Saul and his protégé, Joakin, a young Chilean director who fled from Pinochet’s dictatorship, decide to write the story of Saul’s childhood and turn it into a film, allowing both of them to “heal” just a little more. However, love codes knocking on Saul’s door, forcing him to confront his past.