“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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Kings & Queens
Silent Friend Stille Freundin
Ildikó Enyedi
Friday, 14. 11. 2025 / 11:00 / Main Hall
A cinematic meditation on a majestic ginkgo tree growing in the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany.
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Panorama
The President's Cake Mamlaket al-qasab
Hasan Hadi
Friday, 14. 11. 2025 / 15:00 / Main Hall
A humorous and touching debut about a young girl’s daring quest to bake a cake in the time of Saddam Hussein when Iraq is suffering under strict sanctions. Winner of Cannes 2025 Audience Award and Directors’ Fortnight Best First Feature Award.
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Adriatic Festival Network
Maldoror Maldoror
Fabrice du Welz
Friday, 14. 11. 2025 / 17:15 / Main Hall
Belgium, 1995. The disappearance of two girls shakes the public and triggers a media storm. An idealistic but impulsive young policeman, Paul Chartier, joins a secret unit called Maldoror, tasked with monitoring a suspect previously convicted of sexual assaults. When the operation fails, Chartier, frustrated by police inefficiency and the legal system, embarks on a lone pursuit that gradually turns into an obsession…