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.

Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in a big Flemish city. When she is assaulted, Natalia asks Iţă, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her. Iţă uses the opportunity to make an unexpected proposition...

Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.

It’s been years since Akın has been in and out of the hospital. He’s relentless, angry, and shell-shocked from being stuck in the system. Since his discharge, he’s well aware that his old life is long gone. He has become unable to leave his family house except for occasional visits to religious monuments in Istanbul....See more details

A romantic comedy that goes beyond appearances, diving into the minds of its main characters, Piero and Lara, and revealing their most hidden thoughts and the inner battles that we all face. And one thing is clear: once they have met they will never be the same again.

It’s 1992 and Rimantas loves to plays rugby, doesn’t want to study at school, and dreams of becoming rich. One day he meets a girl who likes literature. To get her attention, he starts reading books.

In the summer of 1989, thousands of people from various nations and beliefs gathered in North Korea for a grand student festival that championed peace, friendship, and anti-imperialism. Here is a documentary about the festival that took place at a pivotal moment in history.

This film is not suitable for children After being abducted by aliens 20 years ago, toughguy Valdis returns from space and finds his hometown in a liberal utopia. His friends have become woke, the police makes burgers and the only smokes available are sold in farmacy. Valdis fails to blend in and turns the world upside down.

Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in a big Flemish city. When she is assaulted, Natalia asks Iţă, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her. Iţă uses the opportunity to make an unexpected proposition...

In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s unexpected death, his daughter receives his patent for an experimental healing device. Featuring archive from actress Callie Hernandez's actual late father, the film explores the process of grieving a complicated parent, and the filmmaking itself becomes a part of the process.