Becoming Roosi
6.6
“Deep, funny and provocative story of a girl who escaped a hippy eco-commune as a child and became a cosmopolitan citizen.”
The filmmaker follows a girl, Roosi, for 10 years from age 8-18. She grew up as the child of an activist. She struggles to cope with climate grief and guilt. Roosi is torn between the path of activism and that of creativity and teenage ecstasy, while her complex and often tense relationship with her parents unravels. Struggling to find her place in the world, she navigates uncharted landscapes, revealing unlikely facets of contemporary cosmopolitanism through the eyes of a generation coming of age in an increasingly fluid reality.
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Margit Lillak Director · Nils Kacirek Composer Aivo Rannik Cinematographer
Budget $370K · United States release November 8, 2025 · Produced in Estonia, Germany
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Budget
$370,000
Production
Tiny Desk Productions
Production
Dirk Manthey Film
Production
SWR
Production
Estonia · Germany
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Languages
Original title
Siit ta tuleb, Roosi
Original language
Estonian
Spoken on screen
English · Estonian
Release dates
Greece · March 13, 2025
Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Estonia · April 15, 2025
Theatrical
United States · November 8, 2025
Premiere · New York Baltic Film Festival
Belgium
March 17, 2026 · Premiere · Millenium Film festival
Czechia
May 29, 2026 · Premiere · Zlin International youth film festival
Finland
November 20, 2025 · Premiere · Oulu Children`s and youth film festival
Germany
November 13, 2025 · Premiere · Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
Hungary
November 19, 2025 · Premiere · Verzio International Docmentary Film festival
Ireland
July 9, 2026 · Premiere · Galway Film Fleadh
Italy
July 19, 2025 · Premiere · Giffoni International Film Festival
Latvia
May 6, 2026 · Premiere · Riga Pasaules Film Festival
September 9, 2026 · Premiere · Baltic Sea Docs Festival
Luxembourg
October 11, 2025 · Premiere · Cineast Film Festival
Romania
October 21, 2025 · Premiere · Astra Film Festival
Serbia
May 10, 2025 · Premiere · Beldocs film festival
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