“Fiume o morte! is a film on poetry, dynamite, cocaine, machine guns, football, airplanes, furniture flying out of windows, concerts, prisons, sunbathing, thousands of soldiers, millions of bullets, endless speeches, a platypus and on the power of political performativity. D’Annunzio might as well be considered its trailblazer heralding some of the biggest masters of ghastly political showmanship of our age.” (Igor Bezinović)
Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!
Screenings
Wednesday, 13. 05. 2026 / 10:00 / Main Hall
Wednesday, 13. 05. 2026 / 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.
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What's On
Death Does Not Exist La mort n'existe pas
Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Sunday, 07. 12. 2025 / 11:00 / Main Hall
The action of a small group of militant activists goes awry.
The Songbirds' Secret Le Secret des Mésanges
Antoine Lanciaux
Sunday, 07. 12. 2025 / 15:00 / Main Hall
Best of the Elephant (2025) Najboljši iz Slona (2025)
različni avtorji
Sunday, 07. 12. 2025 / 17:00 / Main Hall
The Children Jury presents a selection of award-winning films from this year’s Elephant in Competition. The programme will be screened with English and Slovenian subtitles in case of films with dialogue.