Ramuš Muarem 'Cirko'

Through authentic archival footage, photographs of personalities, displays of monuments, as well as interviews with historians, ethnologists and anthropologists, the turbulent and dramatic history of the Roma, over a period of 13 centuries, is treated. How much do we know about their language, their culture, their tradition and religion? Special attention is paid to the topics of the migration of the Roma from India throughout the world and their persecution from the places where they settled.

A short documentary depicting a broad historical picture of the Roma - from their origins and journey from India more than a thousand years ago, to their life today in the Balkans and Macedonia.

Adela (11), a Romani girl from Skopje, lives in a ghetto with her mother and older sister, Zara. When her family faces a financial crisis, Adela’s mother is sure that the only solution is to sell Zara at the bridal market. Adela can’t accept this destiny for her older sister and takes matters into her own hands. After a few unsuccessful attempts to find a job, she decides to join a skateboarding contest even though, in her culture, skateboarding is frowned upon for girls. The only way she can learn how to skate and have a chance to win the contest is if she befriends the gang of skater girls from her school. Adela starts navigating between the two different cultures, where she finds herself caught between two very different models of femininity.