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| Music by | Andrei Kivu |
Production company | Make a Point |
Release date | March 22, 2025 (CPH:DOX) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | Portugal, Romania, Germany |
| Language | English |
Little Syria is a 2025 documentary film directed by Madalina Rosca and Reem Karssli and produced by Paul Arne Wagner and Madalina Rosca. The film had its world premiere on March 22, 2025, at CPH:DOX, and it follows the story of a brother, his sister and her boyfriend, trapped between a Syria from which they ran for their lives, and a Europe which seems at times to embrace them and at others to push them back.[1]
Subject
[edit]Little Syria explores the invisible lives of Syrian refugees. It is a confidential inside in the lives of Reem, Mohammed, Yasser and other Syrians in Berlin and elswhere in Europe, who try to make sense of what is left of the Syrian Revolution. The people living in Europe's Little Syria try to find the missing and the dead, and bring the responsible for torture and killing to justice. This, in the hostile climate of a constant rise of the far right.[2]
Production
[edit]Including footage filmed for over the course of 20 years in Syria and Germany, as well as in Turkey, Greece, Poland, Hungary and Spain, the production of Little Syria came to an end with the fall of the Assad Regime.[1]
The film is produced by the non-profit organisation Make a Point[3] alongside Passport Productions[4] and with post-production support from Abator[5] in Bucharest.[6]
Release
[edit]CPH:DOX unveiled its line-up on February 17, 2025, with Little Syria in the Human:Rights Award competition.[7][8][9]
The film had its world premiere at CPH:DOX on March 22, 2025, with special curation from The Youth Editorial Group, an editorial team of curators creating film events that engage people across different life experiences, with the declared goal "to challenge the festival's fixed framework and reformulate what we see as pressing issues – from global crises to personal testimonies and artistic expression".[10] On March 26, 2025, in order to highlight the focus on the situation in Syria and mark its solidarity with the Syrian people - in Denmark, Syria and the rest of the world, The Youth Editorial Group in collaboration with the non-profit organization Finjan organised the event "Syria in Focus", following a screening of the documentary film "Little Syria" with a concert of the Syrian-Palestinian music group OUD AND VOICE.[11]
Reception
[edit]In an interview for the Modern Times Magazine, the CPH:DOX Head of Programme, Mads Mikkelsen, highlited the need of Film Festivals to identify key subjects about what is happening in the world, like the one in Little Syria, stating:
"At the same time, when global attention is focused on specific crises—Ukraine and Gaza, for example—we also make an effort to highlight other, sometimes overlooked, crises. One example is the film Little Syria premiering this year in the Human Rights competition. Syria has been a recurring subject at CPH:DOX for years, but with the fall of Assad, we felt it was crucial to include a film that addressed this new chapter. Thankfully, we found Little Syria, which does just that. But we don't just want films that mirror the headlines. We also seek out films that bring new perspectives—stories that aren't already at the forefront of the news cycle".[12]
Romanian visual artist Sorina Tomuletiu[13] has produced several illustrations inspired by Little Syria[14]: "Due to the fact that Reem Karssli’s story as a war refugee resonated with me and my research, I have worked intensely and with concentration on this project, thus realizing that a captivating and dramatic story can generate a lot of inspiration and motivation in my illustration work. While I was simultaneously working on my project on the war in Ukraine and on the one regarding to the refuge of my grandmother from Bessarabia, these illustrations came as an extension of the artistic research I have been conducting on the theme of forced displacement."[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Little Syria". CPH:DOX. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ "Little Syria". Make a Point | International. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ https://makeapoint.ngo/
- ^ https://www.passport.productions/
- ^ https://www.abator.eu/
- ^ Little Syria, Documentary, 2010-2025 | Crew United. Retrieved 2025-04-14 – via www.crew-united.com.
- ^ PÚBLICO, Lusa (2025-02-13). "Filme de Ico Costa na competição principal de festival de documentário CPH:DOX". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (2025-02-13). "Documentary Festival CPH:DOX Unveils Competition Lineups With 56 World Premieres". Variety. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Filme de Ico Costa na competição principal de festival de documentário CPH:DOX". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ "The Youth Editorial Group". CPH:DOX. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ "YOUTH EDITORIAL GROUP: Syria in focus: Q&A with the director and producer behind 'Death Without Mercy'".
- ^ Rickinson, Steve (2025-03-19). ""It's not just a question of whether we want to address these issues—we have to"". MODERN TIMES REVIEW. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ "About | TOM by Sorina Tomulețiu". www.sorinatomuletiu.ro. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ "Little Syria | TOM by Sorina Tomulețiu". www.sorinatomuletiu.ro. 2025-03-04. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ^ Tomuletiu, Sorina (2025-03-04). "Little Syria | TOM by Sorina Tomulețiu". Retrieved 2025-04-18.