On 12 September 1919, a detachment of around three hundred soldiers led by Gabriele D’Annunzio entered the northern Adriatic port city of Fiume/Rijeka, with the aim of annexing it to Italy. Over the following 16 months, during what is considered one of the most unique sieges of all time, its official photographic unit captured over 10,000 images. A century later, by ingeniously combining extraordinary archival images from the period with reenactments featuring the city’s current inhabitants, the Rijeka-based director Igor Bezinović brings to life in the public space of modern Rijeka a period in which the city experienced an unexpected transformation.

Event in collaboration with Il Curtîl di Firmine, Storica Società Operaia di Mutuo Soccorso ed Istruzione di Cividale del Friuli

Free admission subject to availability

In case of bad weather, the screening will be held in SOMSI Sala Sociale in Cividale del Friuli