Tata

Director Radu Ciorniciuc will appear in person

Dirs. Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc. 2024, 82 min. Romania/Germany/Netherlands. DCP. Romanian and Italian with English subtitles. After years of estrangement, Moldovan journalist Lina receives a video message from her father, a migrant worker in Italy, seeking help from his abusive employer. Equipping him with a hidden camera, Lina finds herself on a parallel journey of justice—uncovering a pattern of domestic violence that has plagued her family for generations. Filmed across Italy, Moldova, and Romania, Tata is a raw and rigorously reflective portrait of a family caught in an ongoing cycle of toxic masculinity, from which Lina tries to free herself, the next generation, and even the one who hurt her. Winner, Best Director at the 2024 Astra Film Festival; Winner, Best Documentary at the 2025 Trieste Film Festival. U.S. premiere 

Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / free for MoMI members at the Senior/Student level and above. There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. 

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About the filmmakers:

Radu Ciorniciuc is a Romanian filmmaker, cinematographer, and investigative journalist. Radu’s debut feature documentary film, Acasa, My Home, won the Best Cinematography Award at Sundance 2020 and was nominated for a European Film Academy Award. In 2012, Radu co-founded the first independent media organization in Romania, Casa Jurnalistului, a community 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 international newspapers and television networks, including The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Channel 4 News. His journalism work has been awarded nationally and internationally. Radu’s research focuses on human rights, animal welfare, and environmental issues across the globe.

Monica Lazurean-Gorgan is an experienced producer and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the European Film Academy. Monica is the producer of the film Between Revolutions (2023) by Vlad Petri, winner of the FIPRESCI award in Berlinale 2023; the feature-length documentary Acasa, My Home by Radu Ciorniciuc, winner of the Sundance Cinematography Award and 40 other international awards; delegate producer for Touch Me Not (2018) by Adina Pintilie, winner of the Berlin Golden Bear; and co-producer of the Sundance documentary Chuck Norris Vs. Communism (2015) by Ilinca Calugareanu. Monica is also the director of feature-length documentaries such as A Mere Breath (2016), winner of Best Doc in Sarajevo IFF and Best Doc in CEE Vienna IFF; and co-director of Wood, which premiered in Hot Docs and CPH:DOX 2020.