Portugal, Romania, Germany | 2025 | 90 min. | English, German, Ukrainian, Arabic | Hebrew & English Subs | Documentary
A story of unlikely quests. A search for the disappeared through rubble and tortured bodies, a race for survival, and the possibility of hope. Filmed over the course of 20 years in Syria and Germany, as well as in Spain, Turkey, Greece, Hungary and Poland, "Little Syria" follows the quest of a brother, his sister and her boyfriend, trapped between a Syria from which they ran for their lives, and a Europe that seems at times to embrace them and at others to push them back. In the time of making of this film, more than 14 million Syrians have been forced to leave their homes. Syrians have asked for asylum in more than 130 countries. Reem, Mohammed and Yasser try to make sense of what is left of the Syrian Revolution.
"Little Syria" is a confidential insight into the invisible lives of refugees.
Production: Paul Arne Wagner, Madalina Rosca
Cinematography: Reem Karssli, David Simon Gross
Editing: Madalina Rosca, Reem Karssli
Sound Design: Mihnea Ciulei
Original Score: Andrei Kivu
Festivals: CPH:DOX