CATANE IOANA MISCHIE

  • ITALY | ROMANIA

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  • ROMANIAN

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  • 2025

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  • 96 mins

In a remote Romanian village, an unusually high number of residents receive disability aid, leading social services to send inspectors to investigate. The village seems almost like a storybook place, where each person has a different disability but continues daily life with determination and humor. Moved by what they see, the inspectors help secure more financial support for the community. However, when they return to collect missing documents, they discover that the village is not as simple or honest as it first appeared, and a hidden reality slowly comes to light.

ದೂರದ ರೊಮೇನಿಯನ್ ಹಳ್ಳಿಯೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯ ಜನರು ಅಂಗವೈಕಲ್ಯ ಸಹಾಯಧನ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವುದರಿಂದ, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಸೇವಾ ಇಲಾಖೆಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ತನಿಖೆಗೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಮೊದಲ ನೋಟಕ್ಕೆ, ಈ ಹಳ್ಳಿ ಒಂದು ಕಥಾಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಲೋಕದಂತೆ ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ; ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರಿಗೂ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಅಂಗವೈಕಲ್ಯ ಇದ್ದರೂ, ಅವರು ದೃಢತೆಯೂ ಹಾಸ್ಯಭಾವವೂ ಜೊತೆಯಾಗಿ ದಿನನಿತ್ಯದ ಬದುಕನ್ನು ಸಾಗಿಸುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಇದರಿಂದ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿತರಾದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಸಮುದಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ನೆರವು ಒದಗಿಸಲು ಸಹಕರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಕೊರತೆಯ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಲು ಮರುಬಂದಾಗ, ಈ ಹಳ್ಳಿ ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ಕಂಡಷ್ಟು ಸರಳವೂ ಸತ್ಯಸಂಧವೂ ಅಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುದು ಬಹಿರಂಗವಾಗತೊಡಗುತ್ತದೆ; ನಿಧಾನವಾಗಿ ಒಂದು ಮರೆಮಾಚಿದ ವಾಸ್ತವತೆ ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Ioana Mischie, Sorin Baican, Ilaria Malagutti

Screenplay :

Ioana Mischie

Director of Photography :

George Dascalescu

Editor :

Ciprian Cimpoi

Music :

Emiliano Mazzenga

Sound :

Valerio Brini

Cast :

Mihai Malaimare, Costel Cascaval, Iulia Lumanare, Cristian Bota, Mihai Dinvale, Nelu Serghei, Corneliu Ulici, Flavia Hojda, Pavel Ulici, Liana Margineanu, Ioana Abur

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Hollywood Music In Media Award (Nomintion: Best Independent Film)

Ioana Mischie (b. 1989) is a Romanian born transmedia artist, writer director, and futurist working across film, virtual reality, and interactive storytelling. Educated at UNATC and the USC School of Cinematic Arts as a Fulbright grantee, she completed her doctoral research with Summa Cum Laude. Her background spans cinema, XR, and participatory narratives with social impact. Her works include 37 YEARS (2016), CUMULONIMBUS (2017), THE WETLAND (2018), UNSILENCED VOICES (2019), and GOVERNMENT OF CHILDREN (2019). Her style blends technology with civic imagination and worldbuilding. Her projects have screened at Cannes and Venice IFFs and won awards including the WEBBY AWARDS and SXSW.

  1. 1. DJ AHMET
  2. 2. SENTIMENTAL VALUE
  3. 3. SOUND OF FALLING
  4. 4. MY FATHER'S SHADOW
  5. 5. NO OTHER CHOICE
  6. 6. WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM
  7. 7. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
  8. 8. RESURRECTION
  9. 9. A POET
  10. 10. MAGELLAN
  11. 11. SIRĀT
  12. 12. FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
  13. 13. THE MASTERMIND
  14. 14. LATE SHIFT
  15. 15. AMRUM
  16. 16. CASE 137
  17. 17. SKIN OF YOUTH
  18. 18. WE BELIEVE YOU
  19. 19. BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD
  20. 20. FATHER
  21. 21. MORTICIAN
  22. 22. TO THE VICTORY!
  23. 23. DREAMS
  24. 24. THE BLUE TRAIL
  25. 25. MOTHERTONGUE
  26. 26. A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
  27. 27. FIUME O MORTE!
  28. 28. THE THINGS YOU KILL
  29. 29. YOUNG MOTHERS
  30. 30. THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO
  31. 31. CATANE
  32. 32. PROMISED SKY
  33. 33. CHRISTY
  34. 34. I ONLY REST IN THE STORM
  35. 35. THE PUPIL
  36. 36. COMANDANTE FRITZ
  37. 37. IMPATIENCE OF THE HEART
  38. 38. STRAIGHT CIRCLE
  39. 39. DRY LEAF
  40. 40. A USEFUL GHOST
  41. 41. SLEEPLESS CITY
  42. 42. OUTCRY
  43. 43. MY UNCLE JENS
  44. 44. THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
  45. 45. KONTINENTAL '25
  46. 46. JANINE MOVES TO THE COUNTRY
  47. 47. DIVINE COMEDY
  48. 48. A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
  49. 49. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE
  50. 50. GOD WILL NOT HELP
  51. 51. TÊTES BRÛLÉES
  52. 52. REEDLAND
  53. 53. DEAD DOG
  54. 54. NINO
  55. 55. BEFORE THE BODY
  56. 56. LOVE ME TENDER
  57. 57. THE LAST AMBASSADOR
  58. 58. CARAVAN
  59. 59. WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU
  60. 60. AS WE BREATHE
  61. 61. TALES OF THE WOUNDED LAND
  62. 62. HALF MOON
  63. 63. THE PORTUGUESE HOUSE
  64. 64. FOLLIES
  65. 65. THE DEVIL SMOKES
  66. 66. VANILLA
  67. 67. BLUE HERON
  68. 68. KOKORAS
  69. 69. DRAGONFLY
  70. 70. KIKA
  71. 71. MAYSOON
  72. 72. BEACHCOMBER
  73. 73. WIND, TALK TO ME
  74. 74. BROKEN VOICES
  75. 75. RENOVATION
  76. 76. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
  77. 77. HUMAN RESOURCE
  78. 78. NOMAD SHADOW
  79. 79. THE DREAMED ONES
  80. 80. TWO PROSECUTORS
  81. 81. CLOISTERED SISTER
  82. 82. ORENDA
  83. 83. DE TAL PALO
  84. 84. MILITANTROPOS
  85. 85. RIVERSTONE
  86. 86. OSLO: A TAIL OF PROMISE
  87. 87. MAHIMA
  88. 88. BELÉN