Danis Tanovic

At Berlin festival, Danis Tanovic film takes story, cast from life

2013-02-13 11:52:00

BERLIN -- For his new film, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” premiering Wednesday at the Berlin Film Festival, Bosnian director Danis Tanovic ripped the story -- and its protagonists -- straight from the headlines. Tanovic's debut,...

Bingham Ray dies at 57; leading force in independent films

2012-01-24 00:00:00

Bingham Ray, the co-founder of October Films, one of the top independent film distribution companies of the 1990s, and a former president of United Artists who was a leading force in independent films for more than two decades, died Monday. He was 57....

Cannes Film Review: 'The Lunchbox'

2013-05-19 12:30:04

A feel-good movie that touches the heart while steering clear of expectation, "The Lunchbox" signals a notable debut from tyro helmer-scripter Ritesh Batra. The ingredients on their own are nearly fail-proof, yet it's the way Batra combines food with an...

Danis Tanovic to Lead Sarajevo Jury

2013-05-14 14:30:04

Bosnian helmer Danis Tanovic, whose 2001 debut “No Man’s Land” won the script prize at Cannes and the foreign-language Oscar, has been tapped as competition jury prexy at the Sarajevo Film Festival, the Balkan region’s largest sprocket opera....

Bosnia selects 'Children' for Oscar race: Aida Begic's film premiered at Cannes

2012-09-13 21:55:08

MOSCOW -- Bosnian director Aida Begic's "Children of Sarajevo" has been entered for the foreign language Oscar race by Bosnian and Herzegovina's Filmmakers Assn. The film premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in May, where it picked up a jury...

Director Danis Tanovic is flanked by Senada Alimanovic and her son, Danis, and Nazif Mujic at the Berlin Film Festival, where their movie "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker" is showing.

2013-02-13 10:52:16