In 2005, Tanovic made the French-language feature HELL (L´ENFER), from a script co-written by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski. In 1994, Tanovic emigrated to Belgium to continue his film studies at INSAS film school and he began making shorts and documentaries. The material that Tanovic and his colleagues produced on these dangerous missions has been seen in many films and news reports about the Bosnian war. When Sarajevo fell under siege, he spent two years on the frontline filming for the army. After a diploma in civil engineering, he studied piano at the Academy of Theatre Arts and film at the Sarajevo Film Academy. Tanovic was born in 1969 in Zenica (former Yugoslavia), now Bosnia & Herzegovina, and raised in Sarajevo. Making it one of the most awarded first feature films in history. The widely acclaimed film received over 40 international awards, Set in the midst of the Bosnian war in 1993, NO MAN'S LAND won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as Best Script prizes at the Cannes Film Festival and European Film Awards. Tanovic dealt directly with war in his 2001 debut feature NO MAN'S LAND. ![]() The English-language feature starred Colin Farrell as the troubled photojournalist returning home from war-torn Iraq. While CIRKUS COLUMBIA is set in the period before the conflict reaches his native Bosnia & Herzegovina, Tanovic's TRIAGE dealt with post-war trauma. ĬIRKUS COLUMBIA is Danis Tanovic's most recent film about war and its consequences. Although their area is on high alert, many still can't imagine anyone or anything could divide Bosnia and Herzegovina. Busy fretting over everyday concerns, most of the townsfolk seem to disregard the rumbling political unrest: Croatia has seceded, all Yugoslavs are being forced to take sides, and the Serbs begin bombing Dubrovnik. The daily hunt for the missing cat strains Divko's fragile relationship with Azra and opens up an unexpected but strong attraction between Azra and Martin. When Divko's beloved cat Bonny disappears, the whole town joins in a frantic search to get the cash reward. Divko uses his money and connections to forcefully evict estranged wife Lucija, but he tries to reunite with 20-year-old son Martin. After a 20-year exile in Germany, Divko arrives in his flashy red Mercedes with sexy young girlfriend Azra, lucky black cat Bonny and a pocketful of Deutschmarks. ![]() ![]() The communists have fallen from power and Divko Buntic returns to the small town where he grew up to reclaim his family home.
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