2024, 82’, subtitles

d. Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc

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Saturday, November 15, 4:00 PM

After years of estrangement, Lina, a Moldovan journalist, receives a video message from her father, a migrant worker in Italy, showing bruises on his arms. Equipping him with a hidden camera, Lina finds herself on a parallel journey – uncovering a pattern of domestic violence that has plagued her family for generations. Filmed across Italy, Moldova, and Romania, TATA is a raw portrait of a family locked in a relentless struggle against toxic masculinity. It tells the story of a daughter’s emotionally poignant quest to break the cycle for herself, the next generation, and even for the one who hurt her.

Directors Lina Vdovîi & Radu Ciorniciuc

Lina Vdovîi is the screenwriter for the feature documentary ACASĂ, MY HOME (2020). Lina is an award-winning independent reporter from the Republic of Moldova, based in Romania. She began her filmmaking career producing news and documentaries for the German national television broadcaster ZDF. Radu Ciorniciuc is a Romanian filmmaker, cinematographer, and investigative journalist. Radu’s debut feature documentary film, ACASĂ, MY HOME, won the Best Cinematography Award at Sundance 2020 and was nominated for a European Film Academy Award.

Awards: Silver Horn – International Documentary Competition, Krakow Film Festival; Human Rights in Motion Award – FIPADOC Biarritz; Alpe Adria Cinema Award (Best Documentary) & Audience Award – Trieste Film Festival; Best Documentary Film Award – International Competition, Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.