Hundreds of movies have been made about the horrors of war, but few filmmakers have seen those horrors firsthand. Bosnian writer/director Danis Tanovic was studying film when the war in Bosnia erupted ...

The fragile nature of the world we live in is such that anti-war films can perhaps never lose their timelessness. And when we speak of No Man’s Land (2001), one of the finest anti-war satires of ...

The Balkan conflict provides the backdrop to the Hollywood action film Behind Enemy Lines but in No Mans Land (opening December 12), Bosnia moves to the forefront. KPBS Film Critic Beth Accomando ...

Like many Bosnians of his generation, Danis Tanovic, director of No Man’s Land, grew up watching movies about World War II in which “our” guys—the partisans—always beat the Nazis. The movies were ...

Oscar-winning No Man’s Land filmmaker Danis Tanovic is taking a break from telling stories that reflect his experiences having lived through a devastating war in his native Bosnia, turning to the ...

When we first meet the iron picker in question, Nazif Mujic goes about a modest routine on autopilot: He and his colleagues travel around the desolate, snowy landscape rummaging through garbage and ...

Colin Farrell will star with Paz Vega and Christopher Lee in Danis Tanovic's "Triage" and also will take an executive producer credit on the film based on the novel by Scott Anderson. By Stuart Kemp, ...

"> "I like to say that this is a serious film with a good sense of humor," says Bosnian writer/director Danis Tanovic, speaking recently at a roundtable interview in Los Angeles about his acclaimed ...

Lake Forest, Illinois Becir Tanovic, age 81, a long time resident of Lake Forest, Illinois, beloved husband of Nedime Tanovic, passed away peacefully on November 16, 2009 at Lake Forest Hospital of ...

Actor Emraan Hashmi is excited to work with Danis Tanovic', the Academy Award-winning director 'No Man's Land'. Actor Emraan Hashmi is excited to work with Danis Tanovic', the Academy Award-winning ...

Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (No Man's Land) is planning his firstBosnian-shot film. The project is an adaptation of Croatianjournalist Ivica Djikic'sdebut novel Circus Columbia.

Bosnian director Danis Tanovic gets back to his roots with his fourth feature Cirkus Columbia, which is screening in Venice Days. Danis Tanovic made his breakthrough in 2001 with No Man’s Land, which ...