In 1919, the Italian poet, dandy and preacher of war Gabriele D’Annunzio occupied the city of Fiume. The citizens of Fiume, today called Rijeka, retell and reinterpret the bizarre story about the 16-month occupation of their city in a brutally factual yet defiantly punk cinematic journey.

Cast & Crew
Producers: Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser
Director: Igor Bezinović
Script: Igor Bezinović
Director of Photography: Gregor Božič
Production Design: Anton Spazzapan, Tiziana De Mario
Music: Giovanni Maier, Hrvoje Nikšić
Sound: Eric Guerrino Nardin, Julij Zornik
Editing: Hrvoslava Brkušić
Cast: Izet Medošević, Ćenan Beljulji, Albano Vučetić, Tihomir Buterin, Andrea Marsanich, Massimo Ronzani, Milovan Večerina Cico
Narrated by: Igor Bezinović, Renzo Chiepolo, Silvana Zorich, Noemi Dessardo, Sandro Ferletta, Lovro Mirth, Andrea Marsanich, Sara Marsanich
Production. Restart (Croatia), Videomante (Italy), Nosorogi (Slovenia)

Awards
Tiger Award, FIPRESCI Prize, Rotterdam IFF, 2025

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, before that the Free State of Fiume, before that the Italian Regency of Carnaro, before that Austria-Hungary… 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 University of Zagreb. His films include The Blockade (Oktavijan Prize for the Best Croatian Documentary in 2012), Veruda (Oktavijan Prize for the Best Croatian Documentary in 2015) and A Brief Excursion (Big Golden Arena Prize for the 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 Ji.hlava, CPH:DOX, Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Venice Biennale of Architecture (with Hrvoslava Brkušić), Guanajuato IFF, and Viennale, among others.

Filmography
Above Average (doc., 2009), Non-Recyclable (doc., 2009), An Encounter (doc., 2009), In Fond Memory of TDZ (doc., 2010), Naked Hours (short, 2011), The Blockade (doc., 2012), Self-Governed film (doc., 2012), Unmediated Democracy Demands Unmediated Space (doc., 2012), Waiting (doc., 2014), A Very Brief Excursion (short, 2014), From Kršan to Peroj (doc., 2015), Veruda (doc., 2015), A Short Family Film (doc., 2016), A Brief Excursion (2017), Postcards (doc., 2018), Cartolina de Momjan (doc., 2019), Kartoline (TV series), 2019), Microcassette – the Smallest Cassette I’ve Ever Seen (doc., 2020), Fiume o morte! (2025).