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Fiume o morte!

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Igor Bezinović2025113:03
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Availability: Croatia / Subtitles: Cro, Eng

Citizens of Rijeka which Italians call Fiume, retell, reconstruct and reinterpret the bizarre story about the 16-month occupation of their city in 1919 by the Italian poet, a dandy and preacher of war Gabriele D’Annunzio.

Igor Bezinović

Igor Bezinović is a filmmaker born in Rijeka, which is now part of Croatia, but at that time belonged to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, before that partly the Kingdom of Italy and partly the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (and before that the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), before that the Free State of Fiume, before that the Italian Regency of Carnaro, before that Austria-Hungary… His films include The Blockade (Oktavijan prize for best Croatian documentary in 2012), Veruda (Oktavijan prize for best Croatian documentary in 2015) and A Brief Excursion (Big Golden Arena prize for best Croatian feature in 2017), along with many shorts of all shapes and sizes. His work has been shown internationally at events including IFF Rotterdam, DOK Leipzig, IDFF Jihlava, CPH:DOX, Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Venice Biennale of Architecture (with Hrvoslava Brkušić for Pulska grupa), Museum of the Moving Image, Viennale and the Guanajuato IFF. He graduated in film directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb and in Philosophy, Sociology and Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. He is a member of The Croatian Film Directors’ Guild and the judo club Black Belt.

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Videomante, Nosorogi
Igor Bezinović
Gregor Božič
Igor Bezinović
Eric Guerrino Nardin
Sara Jakupec
Anton Spazzapan

2025. Rotterdam Film Festival – Official Competiton – Tiger Award; FIPRESCI Award
2025. International Film Festival Innsbruck – Documentary Competition – Best Documentary Film
2025. International Film Festival UnderhillFest 2025 – Maslačak Award (Best Regional Film)
2025. Pula Film Festival – Croatian Program – Vedran Šamanović award; Golden arena for Best Director (Igor Bezinović); Golden arena for Best Make-Up (Ivana Pralija); Golden arena for Best Costume (Tajči Čekada; Manuela Paladin); Golden arena for Best Art Direction (Anton Spazzapan); Golden arena for Best Casting (Sara Jakupec); Golden arena for Best Production (Vanja Jambrović; Tibor Keser)
2025. Tuzla International Documentary Film Festival – Best Film
2025. Yerevan International Film Festival – Golden Apricot Award
2025. Vukovar Film Festival – Best Documentary Film
2025. Croatian Film Days – Audience Award; Best Directing (Jury); Best Music (Jury)
2025. Festival of Slovenian Film – Audience Award; Vesna Award for Best Minority Co-production; Vesna Award for Best Cinematography
2025. CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival – Audience Award
2025. Budapest International Film Festival – Audience Award
2026. European Film Award for Best Documentary
2025. MAKEDOX – Young Onion Award
2025. DOKUDOC – Award for the Best Film
2025. Ortigia Film Festival – Award for the Best Documentary film
2025. DOKUart – Audience Award
2025. Mediteran Film Festival u Širokom Brijegu – Special mention for the best feature documentary film; Special mention for the best camera
2025. Adriatic Film Awards – Jury Award for the best film; Jury Award for the best director; Jury Award for the best script
2025. EURO Balkan Film Festival Rim – Youth Perspective Award
2025. K3 Film Festival – Best European Documentary
2026. ANTENNA Documentary Film Festival – Best Feature Documentary Film Award
2026. Salem Film Fest – Special Jury Award – main prize of the festival
2026. Oktavijan Award for the Best Feature Documentary Film
2026. Premio Carlo Mazzacurati / Carlo Mazzacurati Award – “Menzione Speciale al Film Nascosto” promoted by Scuola di Cinema Carlo Mazzacurati and Cinema Odeon – Vicenza
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