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Izrazno izviren, zgodovinsko zanimiv in politično aktualen film Fiume o Morte! Igorja Bezinovića predstavlja svež in izjemno avtentičen ustvarjalni vzlet dokumentarnega filma v širši regiji.

angleško: We were impressed by the film’s playful use of archival footage and reenactment to shed light on a too-little-known episode of European history. Whilst full of dry, self-reflexive humour, the film manages to use its creative exploration of history to provide in-depth commentary on worrying contemporary political developments, specifically the rise of the global far-right. We applaud the film’s effortless combination of experimentation and accessibility – not least due to its excellent editing – which serves to convey a timely warning against the formation of authoritarianism.

Živimo v času, ki nas vsak dan spominja na nevarnosti preteklosti. Ideologije kot je fašizem, za katere smo verjeli, da so premagane, se vračajo, bolj perfidne in zamaskirane v sodobni jezik, a še vedno uničujoče. V času, ko gledamo vojno v Ukrajini, genocid v Gazi in nove konflikte po svetu, je film Fiume o Morte močno opozorilo. Skozi zgodbo o fašistični vladavini Gabrijela D'Annuncija na Reki nas režiser Igor Bezinović popelje v obdobje med obema vojnama in pokaže, kako oblast, ko je ne omejujeta zakon ali morala, pušča globoke brazgotine v družbi. To ni le film o preteklosti. Fiume o Morte! je drzen avtorjev komentar, poln ironije, ki temelji na manj znanem arhivu in natančnem vpogledu v današnji trenutek. Bezinović se ne izogiba težkim temam – razkriva mite in se sooča z revizionizmom v sodobni Hrvaški.

angleško: This is a film where people and public spaces are used as co-conspirators in exploring the past through the prism of contemporary Europe. At times of the rise of ultra-nationalism within a contemporary European context, the film playfully grapples with the past not as a closed chapter, but as a living reality. Unless we engage the past as a living present it will insist in ways that are not only a warning for the future, but threaten the very possibility of equitable co-existence and a life livable for not only those that have recourse to assert power. The film’s clash of staged reconstruction with real life refreshingly sheds light on the way history is continually present rather than preserved in aspic. While it is a playful and mischievous film, it presents a mirror to our present day.

Recourse to ultra nationalism, and even fascism, resides in the core of national identity, it is already inside of us as a form of knowledge we should be afraid to forget, and continuously need to process in order to forgo its grip. It is a reality we remember from movies, literature, billboards and books. These are memories that travel as far as the history of a nation. So we need to make history anew, again and again, to not only unforget, but beget the world we wish there was, for all of us.

“Fiume o morte” – 6.000 EUR Festival

Nori dnevi nas malodane prestrašijo s filmskim ugibanjem, ali se za duševno obolelostjo morda ne skrivajo zgolj neskončna ranljivost življenja, človeška nemoč in sovražni demoni, ki krožijo med nami. Film brez moraliziranja odpira mučna vprašanja, kako se na duševne stiske odzovemo mi, kako reagira sistem, medicina, farmacija. Zaradi premišljene, čeprav zgolj navidezne odsotnosti avtorja ostane samo iskren, do surovosti prepričljiv dokument, ki na gledalca deluje skoraj fizično.