Fiume o morte!18
In defiance of the Paris Peace Conference, Italian poet and military officer Gabriele D’Annunzio led a rogue, ultranationalist occupation of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) in 1919. More than a century later, filmmaker Igor Bezinović revisits this bizarre historical episode, blending archival footage, reenactments, and contemporary interviews to explore how a city remembers its past, and how the shadows of European fascism endure. A stark and singular reflection on history’s unfinished business, this playful documentary won the Tiger Award at the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam and is Croatia’s submission for the Oscars.
Reviews
‘The film’s self-deprecatingly comedic artifice nonetheless captures chilling details of an adventure that starts with a demagogue’s cult-like following and ends with bloody corpses.’
Richard Brody, The New Yorker
Book tickets
| Tuesday 13 January £6 for Members |
6.15pm | Book tickets |
| Wednesday 14 January | 3.15pm | Book tickets |
What else is on?
Tomorrow (Saturday 13th December)
14:45
Alpha 18
2h 8m | French w/ English subtitles
17:30
The Running Man 15
2h 13m
20:30
Pillion 18
1h 47mSunday 14th December
14:00
Kino Kids Muppet Christmas Carol U
1h 29m
16:30
The Ice Tower 15
1h 57m | French w/ English subtitles19:15
Alpha 18
2h 8m | French w/ English subtitlesPlan your visit
Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road.We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We only show a few adverts – less than most cinemas – and we only play a couple of trailers, so please don’t be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!