14 years ago, Tanović received an Oscar for the film No Man's Land

14 years ago, on March 24, 2002, at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony for the best film of 2001 at the Kodak Theatre, Bosnian director Danis Tanović received an Oscar for the film No Man's Land, writes the Bosnian news agency Patria. 

The film No Man's Land received rave reviews and was called "one of the best films of 2001." No Man's Land is a "powerful, moving, extremely entertaining" exploration of the senselessness of war. 

The year is 1993. During the war, two Bosniaks and a Serb meet on a piece of no-man's-land that is mined. While one Bosniak and the Serb resolve their personal frustrations through verbal duels, a third soldier lies on a mine that will explode if he moves. UNPROFOR comes to their aid, endangering their position. News crews soon learn about the entire case, and the whole situation takes on dramatic proportions.

Tanović has also received numerous awards for his other films, including the Silver Bear for the film "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker" in 2013, as well as for the film "Death in Sarajevo" on February 20, 2016, at the Berlin Film Festival.