An elderly woman with white hair wearing a teal jacket talks to a young man with curly brown hair, while another woman leans in, smiling, to listen. They are in a close circle, sharing a moment.
A black and white photo of a man and a woman in formal military uniforms, standing close and smiling at the camera. The man is on the left, wearing a suit with a military star badge on his lapel. The woman is on the right, wearing a dark military uniform with a star-shaped badge on her collar.

SALA premiered at the Big Eddy Film Festival on Friday, September 25 at 3:00 PM, at the Tusten Theatre in Narrowsburg, New York. We’re proud to announce we took the Audience Award.

In the future, our filmmaking team is looking for opportunities to screen and engage audiences with the film. Please contact us to explore screenings with our filmmaking team.

Sala’s story in the camps has been told by her daughter, Ann Kirschner, in “Sala’s Gift”. Ann conducts online discussions with students and young people around the world. The story of Sala’s letters is told in the play “Letters to Sala”, by Arlene Hutton. The New York Public Library is preserving the letters and posts educational discussion materials for elementary school students.

Our film shows Sala as she faced the world - she continues to be an inspiration.

SALA reaches those thinking about the underpinnings of humanity — how compassion and connection can protect a sense of self in times of great trauma. We particularly hope to connect with teenage audiences identifying with a young woman who lost her family and country.

Despite the Holocaust’s great erasure of identity, Sala remained insightful, generous and good-humored.