The Substance The Substance

Wednesday, 11. 03. 2026 / 18:30 / Main Hall

Emerik Blum, born in Sarajevo and, founded Energoinvest in 1951. In doing so, the entrepreneur launched one of the most successful international corporate histories of what was then socialist Yugoslavia. His recipe for success: people, worker self-management, and innovation. 

Wednesday, 11. 03. 2026 / 19:15 / 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.

Wednesday, 11. 03. 2026 / 20:20 / Main Hall

A poetic, raw portrait of a woman caught in a vortex of love and madness. Lynne Ramsay’s film (We Need to Talk About Kevin) earned Jennifer Lawrence a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress (Drama) and widespread critical acclaim.