Tata

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 (“Father”) is a raw documentary 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.

Free screening. Advance booking is recommended.

A gripping work on multiple levels, the film is both an engaging exposé on the ways immigrants are exploited for cheap labour and a harrowing exploration into a culture where toxic masculinity is deeply rooted in the soil… A compelling and powerful work, Tata shows why you sometimes need to sever the ties that bind.

Courtney Small, POV magazine