Fiume o morte!

by Igor Bezinović

Fiume o morte!, 2025, documentary, co-production, digital DCP, 1,77:1 (16:9), 25, c, 112 min
Finished

HR, IT, SI

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.

screenwriter
Igor Bezinović
script consultants
Ante Zlatko Stolica, Federico Carlo Simonelli, Iva Bezinović-Haydon
director
Igor Bezinović
producers
Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser
co-producers
Erica Barbiani, Marina Gumzi
associate producer
Oliver Sertić
executive producers
Bernard Koludrović, Sonir Srdoč, Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrović, Erica Barbiani, Lucia Candelpergher, Ivana Naceva
director of photography
Gregor Božič
music composers
Hrvoje Nikšić, Giovanni Maier
film editor
Hrvoslava Brkušić
production designers
Anton Špacapan, Tiziana De Mario
costume designers
Tajči Čekada, Manuela Paladin Šabanović
key make-up artist
Ivana Pralija
sound designer
Eric Guerrino Nardin

featuring
Izet Medošević, Ćenan Beljulji, Albano Vučetić, Tihomir Buterin, Andrea Marsanich, Massimo Ronzani, Milovan Večerina Cico, Tonka Mršić, Lovro Mirth, Silvana Zorich, Noemi Dessardo, Sandro Ferletta, Renzo Chiepolo, Sara Marsanich, Goran Pavlić, Nikola Tutek

production
Restart
co-production
Videomante, Nosorogi
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Creative Europe - MEDIA, Eurimages, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Slovenian Film Centre, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism - MiBACT, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission - FVG, Re-Act, Croatian Radiotelevision, RTV Slovenija, Grad Rijeka, Grad Zagreb, DHFR - Društvo hrvatskih filmskih redatelja, LaserFilm, Veneto Film Commission, Procirep-Angoa, Regional audiovisual fund Friuli Venezia Giulia
distribution
Nosorogi
sales
LightDox

NOSOROGI
Marina Gumzi
marina@nosorogi.com

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 celebrated internationally at numerous venues and events.

DOKUDOC Chosen best film (DOKUDOC International Documentary Film Festival, 2025) , Maslačak best film (16th UnderhillFest, 2025) , Award best film (Adriatic Film and TV Academy, 2025) , 2 Vesna Award awards (28th Festival of Slovenian Film, 2025) , FIPRESCI Award best film (IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2025) , Tiger Award best film (IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2025) , 6 Golden Arena awards (72nd Pula Film Festival, 2025) , Laser Film Award best film (Trieste Film Festival, 2023) , Award ------- (Pula Film Festival, 2023)