In-Person Screening: Saturday, November 8, 3 pm

Director Margit Lillik and Roosi Mai will present a Q&A following the screening.

Virtual Screenings: TBA

Becoming Roosi (Siit ta tuleb, Roosi)

Margit Lillik, 94 min, Estonia, Germany, 2025

In Lithuanian with English subtitles

North American Premiere

Filmed over a 10-year period, we first meet Roosi when she is eight years old, confronting the unusual conventions of her isolated childhood in an Estonian eco-village. Here, her mother Liina — a dedicated activist — is the frontwoman of the commune. Eight years later, Roosi finds herself following in her mother's footsteps. Living far from the eco-village and fully immersed in the demands of cosmopolitan life, Roosi grapples with climate grief and guilt. With rare intelligence and outspokenness, she expresses raw truths about her generation's existential concerns. She also struggles between two extremes: the pressure to take on her mother's battle, and the vital need to find her own identity through art, her body, and through words. As she navigates the uncertain terrain of early adulthood, Roosi reveals the unexpected layers of growing up in today’s fluid, globalized world.

Becoming Roosi weaves together intimate archival moments from a singular childhood with a timeless coming-of-age story. With grace and emotional depth, this vibrant portrait explores the weight of climate anxiety, generational rifts and one young woman’s search for identity.

Festival & Awards History

2025 Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival

2025 Giffoni International Film Festival

2025 Cineast Film Festival

2025 Verzio Film Festival

2025 ordic Film days Lübeck

2025 Oulu Children´s and Youth Festival