The Ship Brod

Elvis Lenić / Croatia / 2023 / 65 min / Croatian

After more than 160 years of existence, one of the largest Croatian shipyards, Uljanik, is closing down. The place where ships of impressive size and importance were manufactured and then sailed away has been turned into an industrial graveyard for wrecks, dysfunctional cranes and abandoned workshops that once teemed with life. Through a collage of observational footage, however, we now observe the almost post-apocalyptic landscape of the site. How did Pula's originally important Austro-Hungarian shipping empire come to an end?

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Late Shift Heldin

Petra Volpe

Thursday, 12. 03. 2026 / 15:45 / Main Hall

Shot with the pacing and tension of a thriller, Late Shift follows a single night in the working life of a nurse in an overcrowded Swiss hospital. Both gripping and compassionate, the film is a tribute to the extraordinary people who stand by us in the most vulnerable moments of our lives.

Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!

Igor Bezinović

Thursday, 12. 03. 2026 / 16:45 / Small 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.

A Poet Un poeta

Simón Mesa Soto

Thursday, 12. 03. 2026 / 17:50 / Main Hall

A film that captures the poetic reality of a neurotic poet, skilfully blending cringe comedy with an emotionally resonant story of lost and rediscovered hope. A singular work with an unforgettable central character.