The film follows Rebeca, a Roma teenager preparing to leave the foster home where she grew up. She waits for her father to be released from prison and hopes that his return will give her the family she has always wanted. On the threshold of adulthood, Rebeca struggles with the desire to be saved from the world in which she grew up and, at the same time, with the fear of leaving it.<\/p>\n
Alina \u015eerban and producer Ada Solomon received the trophy at the Festival\u2019s Closing Gala, which took place on Saturday, September 12, in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema. The director thanked the festival for allowing her to tell the story.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018I Matter\u2019 is about what it means to be a girl, to be Roma and to grow up in a foster home. I dedicate this award to all young people who deserve a better chance, who deserve to attend elite schools and have their voices heard. I dedicate it to those who dream of simple things, just as I did, and who deserve to be seen, to be listened to and, above all, to be reminded that they have value,\u201d Alina \u015eerban said on stage, according to News.ro<\/a>. Aside from the audience, critics also praised \u201cI Matter\u201d for its authenticity, strength, and sincerity.<\/p>\n At the world premiere at Sala Giardino, Alina \u015eerban was joined by actors Denisa Farca\u015f, Sorin Mihai, Angelina Pavel, Juno (Alexandru Stancu), Vanessa Dancea and Raisa Mihai, and by 16 children from Casa Iosif and Casa Sara, as well as the film\u2019s team. The extraordinary moment on the red carpet was accompanied by live music from the Mahala Rai Banda band. The screening was followed by minutes of applause and an animated question-and-answer session with the audience.<\/p>\n Alina \u015eerban is an actress and theater and film director with an international career. She played the lead role in \u201cOn My Own,\u201d selected at the Cannes Film Festival. For her performance in \u201cGipsy Queen,\u201d she won several Best Actress awards. She also starred in \u201cHousekeeping for Beginners,\u201d selected at the Venice International Film Festival.<\/p>\n \u201cI Matter,\u201d her first feature film as a director, marks her return to Venice, this time behind the camera.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The film follows Rebeca, a Roma teenager preparing to leave the foster home where she grew up. She waits for her father to be released from prison and hopes that his return will give her the family she has always wanted. On the threshold of adulthood, Rebeca struggles with the desire to be saved from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cI will be forever grateful to everyone involved in the film for such an enormous recognition!\u201d producer Ada Solomon wrote on Facebook, in turn.<\/p>\n