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Lina Vdovîi & Radu Ciorniciuc
RO DE NL 2024 52' 84'
⚬ Human Interest
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 so that he may find justice, 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.
'A gripping work on multiple levels' - POV magazine
'Powerful and fresh… A deeply intimate story.' - Hammer to Nail
'A super-dense, multilayered and unembellished, intimate portrait of transgenerational trauma.' - CINEUROPA
Director | Lina Vdovîi & Radu Ciorniciuc |
Producer | Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan |
Co-Producers | Erik Winker, Ümit Uludag, Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen |
Executive Producer | Elena Martin |
Production Company | MANIFEST FILM |
In collaboration with | CORSO FILM, 100% |
Cinematography | Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc |
Writers | Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc |
Editors | Anne Fabini, Andrei Gorgan, Ciprian Cimpoi, Delia Oniga |
Music | Jörg Follert |
Sound | Hugo Dijkstal |
Audience Award | Les Films De Cannes à Bucarest 2024 |
Director Award | Astra FF 2024 |
Best Documentary Film | Verzio International Human Rights Documentary FF 2024 |
TIFF 2024 |
Zurich FF 2024 |
El Gouna FF 2024 |
Verzió Human Rights Documentary FF 2024 |
| Runtime | 52' 84' |
| Production Country | Romania, Germany, Netherlands |
| Spoken Langauges | Romanian, Italian |
Lina Vdovîi is the screenwriter for the feature documentary ACASA, MY HOME (Sundance, 2020).Lina is an award-winning independent reporter from the Republic of Moldova, based in Romania. Sheis experienced in investigative and narrative journalism and new media. Her articles have beenpublished in major national and international outlets, and herwork has been nominated for the EuropeanPress Prize.Lina began her filmmaking career producing news and documentaries for the German national televisionbroadcaster ZDF.TATA is her feature-length directorial debut.
Radu Ciorniciuc is a Romanian filmmaker, cinematographer, and investigative journalist.Radu’s debut feature documentary film, ACASA, MY HOME, won the Best Cinematography Award atSundance 2020 and was nominated for a European Film Academy Award.In 2012, Radu co-founded the first independent media organization in Romania, Casa Jurnalistului, acommunity of reporters specializing in in-depth, long-form, and multimedia reporting.Since then, Radu has worked as a long-form writer and investigative reporter for major internationalnewspapers and television networks, including The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Channel 4 News. Hisjournalism work has been awarded nationally and internationally.Radu’s research focuses on human rights, animal welfare, and environmental issues across the globe.
