The Spring 2024 IIJS Film Series begins on Monday, February 12, at 12:00 PM ET, with Love Gets a Room, a film by Rodrigo Cortes.
Inspired by true events, Love Gets a Room is the story of a Jewish stage actress who must make the gut-wrenching decision to follow her heart or escape the Warsaw Ghetto in the midst of a performance by her beleaguered theater company. Moving nimbly between the stage, the theater corridors, and the bleak Ghetto outside, Love Gets a Room balances life-and-death struggle with the art we create to survive and transcend it. (103 minutes; English with open captions)
Please register for the event below. You will receive an email with a link to watch the film at home by Friday, February 9th. This link will only be available until Monday, February 12th at 11:59pm EDT.
We will be hosting a Zoom Q&A session on Monday, February 12th at 12:00pm ET with writer, director, and editor Rodrigo Cortes. You will receive a separate email with the Zoom link for the Q&A several days before the event.
Please note: at this time, only viewers in the United States will be able to stream the film.
Please email iijs@columbia.edu with any questions.
Born in Spain, Rodrigo Cortes is a Goya-Award-Winning writer, director, and editor of the internationally-produced films Concursante, Buried (starring Ryan Reynolds), Red Lights (starring Sigourney Weaver and Robert DeNiro), and Down a Dark Hall.
Supported by the generosity of the Kaye and Radov families.
While all IIJS events are free and open to the public, we do encourage a suggested donation of $10.