Fiume o morte!
by Igor Bezinović
Fiume o morte!, 2025, documentary, co-production, digital DCP, 1,77:1 (16:9), 25, c, 112 min
HR, IT, SI
Finished
In 1919, outraged by the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference, which proposed handing the city of Fiume (now Rijeka) to Croatia, Italian poet, aristocrat, and army officer Gabriele D’Annunzio declared the Italian Regency of Carnaro. The ensuing 16-month occupation stands as one of history’s most peculiar experiments in governance. Igor Bezinović revisits this singular episode just over a century later, employing the help of his fellow Rijeka’s citizens in a bid to reclaim history and tell their version of what happened.
Igor Bezinović from Rijeka, Croatia, studied philosophy, sociology and literature at the University of Zagreb, after which he trained as a filmmaker at the Zagreb Academy of the Dramatic Art. His first full-length documentary was The Blockade (2012) received the Oktavijan prize for best Croatian documentary and his hybrid feature A Brief Excursion (2017), which premiered in Rotterdam, and received the Big Golden Arena prize for best Croatian feature. His original and engaged work has been cele…
European Film Award best film (EFA - European Film Academy, 2025)
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DOKUDOC Chosen best film (DOKUDOC International Documentary Film Festival, 2025)
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Maslačak best film (16th UnderhillFest, 2025)
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Award best film (CinEast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, 2025)
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Award best film (K3 Film Festival, 2025)
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3 Award awards (1st Adriatic Film Awards, 2025)
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2 Vesna Award awards (28th Festival of Slovenian Film, 2025)
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FIPRESCI Award best film (IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2025)
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Tiger Award best film (IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2025)
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6 Golden Arena awards (72nd Pula Film Festival, 2025)
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Laser Film Award best film (Trieste Film Festival, 2023)
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Award ------- (Pula Film Festival, 2023)
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