ICA Cinema Brings
Award-Winning Festival
Gems to UK-Ireland Audiences
winner I Only Rest In The Storm and Igor Bezinovic’s IFFR Tiger Award winner Fiume o morte!,
both set to premiere at the ICA this autumn.
ICA Cinema Brings Award-Winning Festival Gems to UK-Ireland Audiences
UK and Ireland audiences are in for a rich cinematic treat this autumn as ICA Cinema adds two acclaimed festival winners to its distribution slate. The London-based distributor has acquired rights to Pedro Pinho’s I Only Rest In The Storm, which won at Cannes, and Igor Bezinovic’s Fiume o morte!, the celebrated Tiger Award winner at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Both films will debut locally at ICA’s own London venue before rolling out across cinemas nationwide.
Pinho’s I Only Rest In The Storm made waves at Cannes earlier this year, where Cleo Diara earned the Best Actress award in the festival’s Un Certain Regard section. The Portuguese drama follows an environmental engineer who relocates to West Africa, only to find himself entangled in intricate relationships with two locals while investigating the mysterious disappearance of his predecessor. The narrative blends personal intimacy with broader questions of identity, belonging, and the human costs of environmental work abroad. Alongside Diara, the film features Sergio Coragem and Jonathan Guilherme, with production led by Portugal’s Uma Pedra no Sapato and Terratreme Filmes. International sales are handled by Paradise City Sales, ensuring the film reaches a wide audience beyond Europe.
The ICA’s second acquisition, Bezinovic’s Fiume o morte!, turns its lens toward a little-known yet fascinating chapter of European history. The Croatian feature, produced by Restart’s Vanja Jambrovic and Tibor Keser, reconstructs the surreal 16-month occupation of Rijeka in 1919. During that time, Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio led a flamboyant, eccentric takeover that blurred the lines between politics, art, and spectacle. What makes Bezinovic’s take distinctive is its method: the story is retold by locals themselves, creating a layered, community-driven narrative that connects past upheavals with present identities. The film’s innovative style earned it IFFR’s top honor, cementing Bezinovic as a filmmaker to watch.
For ICA Cinema, these acquisitions underscore its role as a champion of bold, globally-minded storytelling. By bringing festival-winning titles directly to UK-Ireland audiences, the distributor continues its tradition of amplifying voices that push boundaries both artistically and politically.
As autumn approaches, cinephiles can look forward to not just screenings, but cultural conversations sparked by these films. Together, I Only Rest In The Storm and Fiume o morte! highlight how cinema remains a powerful tool for exploring human resilience, cross-cultural encounters, and the forgotten corners of history—making their arrival on UK screens both timely and essential
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