'Fiume o morte!' Wins Top Honors at Rotterdam Film Festival

Igor Bezinović's hybrid documentary earns the Tiger Award and FIPRESCI Award, while other films exploring historical and personal themes receive special jury recognition.

• Igor Bezinović's 'Fiume o morte!' received the Rotterdam Tiger Award, the festival's top prize worth €40,000, for its exploration of Gabriele D’Annunzio's 1919 occupation of Fiume through a mix of dramatic reconstruction and documentary.
• The film also won the FIPRESCI Award, recognizing it as a standout in the Tiger Competition for its innovative approach to examining nationalism and history.
• Special Jury Awards were presented to Sammy Baloji's 'The Tree of Authenticity,' a cinematic essay on the Democratic Republic of Congo's colonial past, and Tim Ellrich's 'Im Haus meiner Eltern,' a personal drama about caregiving and family dynamics.
• Jon Blåhed's 'Raptures,' the first feature shot in the minority language Meänkieli, won the Big Screen Award for its portrayal of a 1930s apocalyptic cult in Sweden.
• Additional honors included the NETPAC Award for Varsha Bharath's 'Bad Girl' and the Youth Jury Award for Farida Baqi's 'The Visual Feminist Manifesto,' with the Audience Award to be announced at the festival's close on Sunday.

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