Little Syria

Section: Zilele Filmului Românesc
Title: Little Syria
Director: Reem Karssli, Madalina Rosca
Duration: 1h 30m
Country: România, Portugal, Germany
Year: 2025

Director of Photography: Reem Karssli, David Simon Gross

Editor: Mădălina Roșca, Reem Karssli, Andu Radu

Producer: Paul Arne Wagner, Mădălina Roșca

Production: Make a Point, Passport Productions

Festivals: CPH:DOX 2025, doKumentale 2025, Buenos Aires 2025, Sydney 2025

Awards: Human Rights Award - CPH:DOX 2025

FILMOGRAPHY

Mădălina Roșca

Little Syria (doc, 2025), In the Air (sm/short, 2020), Stolen Rivers (sm/short, 2020), Once Upon a Train (sm/short, 2009), New Year’s Eve 2008 (sm/short, 2009), The Eiffel Tower (sm/short, 2009)

Reem Karssli

Little Syria (doc, 2025), Every Day, Every Day (sm/short, 2013)

Shot over 20 years, Little Syria follows the quest of a brother, his sister and her boyfriend trapped between Syria, from where they ran for their lives, and Europe, which seems at times to embrace them and and then to push them back where they came from.