"A search for the practitioners of a vanishing musical style becomes a quest for home in The Klezmer Project, the playful but poignant full-length debut from Argentinean writer-directors Leandro Koch and Paloma Schachmann" Screen Daily
"Fascinating as both an investigation of a particular musical style and an exploration of its place in Jewish culture" Screen Daily
First Feature award - Berlin International Film Festival 2023
Argentinian cameraman Leandro makes a living from filming Jewish weddings. At one of his jobs, he falls in love with Paloma, the clarinetist of the wedding band. To seduce her he pretends to be shooting a documentary film about Klezmer, the traditional Yiddish folk music. What Leandro does not know is that his “fake” film project will take him on an unscripted journey throughout Eastern Europe in search of the last remaining Klezmer melodies.
