The Apprentice The Apprentice

Sunday, 15. 03. 2026 / 15:45 / 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.

Sunday, 15. 03. 2026 / 16:50 / 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.

Sunday, 15. 03. 2026 / 19:00 / Main Hall

Paolo Sorrentino returns to the world of Italian politics with an elegantly restrained portrait of a fictional president facing difficult political and personal choices as his term draws to a close. Winner of the Best Actor Award at Venice.