Catane

Catane | Romania 2026 | D: Ioana Mischie | C: George Dăscălescu | M: Emiliano Mazzenga | Cast: Costel Cașcaval, Iulia Lumânare, Cristian Bota, Mihai Mălaimare, Corneliu Ulici, Mihai Dinvale | 96 min | OmeU | Ioana Mischie explicitly labels her film in the opening credits as her "Debütfilm" (debut film), and it turns out to be highly original. In an office for people with disabilities, three bureaucrats must decide on applications from a remote village where apparently nobody exists who does not have some impairment and therefore a right to support. Only an on-site inspection can help. Even the journey in the not very luxurious official car turns out to be slightly surreal, and when the inspector and his two colleagues appear before the mayor, they already encounter a figure whose disability can only be described as strange.