In 37 BC, a young Illyrian named Volsus joins a Roman unit whose encounters with local, supposedly subjugated Illyrian tribes turn its seemingly simple task of collecting taxes into a perilous journey full of unexpected twists. Through the eyes of the youngster, regarded by the Romans as a primitive barbarian, we see an archaic, emotional world of quaint and brutal laws and traditions, not all that different from our own.
Illyricvm Illyricvm
Through the eyes of a young Illyrian, a Croatian director shows an ancient world of brutality not all that different from our own.
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Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović
Monday, 06. 10. 2025 / 15:00 / Main Hall
On 12 September 1919, a troop of some three hundred soldiers under the leadership of the flamboyant war-loving Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio swooped into the Northern-Adriatic port town of Fiume, now Rijeka, wanting to annex the city to Italy. Over the course of the next 16 months, during what is regarded as one of the most bizarre militant sieges of all time his official photography team captured over 10,000 images. A century later, Igor Bezinović orchestrates a direct-action history lesson focused on the siege and its modern-day implications.
Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness
Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
Monday, 06. 10. 2025 / 16:30 / Small Hall
With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse.
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Monk in Pieces Monk in Pieces
Billy Shebar, David Roberts
Monday, 06. 10. 2025 / 17:30 / Main Hall
A music-focused documentary that also features interviews with Björk and David Byrne. Through its mosaic-like structure, it reflects the author’s body of work and reveals her highly original vocabulary of sounds and images.