NO MAN'S LAND

Film Year: 2001
AFI Fest Year(s): 2001
US Release: 12/07/2001
Project Type: Feature Film
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, United Kingdom, Slovenia
Film Genres: Drama, Foreign
Summary:   Ciki and Nino, a Bosnian and a Serb, are soldiers stranded in No Man's Land - a trench between enemy lines during the Bosnian war. They have no one to trust, no way to escape without getting shot, and a fellow soldier is lying on the trench floor with a spring-loaded bomb set to explode beneath him if he moves. The absurdity of their situation would be comical if it didn't have such dire consequences. With the two men stuck in a bizarre predicament, a frustrated UN sergeant tries to help, despite orders to remain at his post. When a journalist waylays the sergeant while pushing for an exclusive scoop, she affects the unfolding of events and turns a news story into an international circus. With the world's press waiting for an outcome, no one willing to take action (lest they accept responsibility). Ciki and Nino try to keep their humanity amidst the insanity of war.
Company
NameCreditCredited As
Noe Productions Production Company
RAI Cinema funding
Man's Films Production Company
Fabrica Cinema Production Company
Sales Company Foreign Distribution Sales
Bitters End Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Japan)
AMA Films Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Greece)
British Screen Finance funding British Screen
Budapest Film Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Hungary)
Canal Plus Belgium funding Canal Plus Belgique
Casablanca Productions Production Company
Centre du Cinema et de l'Audiovisuel Film Financier Centre du Cinema et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communaute Francaise de Belgique
Counihan-Villiers Productions Production Company
Departement Federal des Affaires Etrangeres funding
Direction du Developpement et de la Cooperation funding (DCC)
Eurimages funding
Filmcoopi Zurich AG Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Switzerland)
Fimimax Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Baltic states)
First Distributors Ltd (Hong Kong) Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Hong Kong)
Fondazione MonteCinema Verita Locarno funding
Golem Distribution Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Spain)
Judy Counihan Films Production Company
Korean Arts Centre Foreign Theatrical Distributor (South Korea)
Le Fonds Slovene du Cinema funding (The Slovenian Film Fund)
MGM Distribution Company Domestic Theatrical Distributor
MGM Home Entertainment Domestic Video Distributor
Ocean Films Foreign Theatrical Distributor (France)
Outpost Multivision funding Multivision
RTBF Telefilms funding
Russia Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Cosmopol)
Shani Films Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Israel)
Studio Maj Production Company
Teledistributeurs Wallons funding
TPS Cinema funding
Umut Sanat Filmcilik Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Turkey)
Alfa Films Foreign Theatrical Distributor (Argentina)
Actor
NameCreditCredited As
Branko Djuric Ciki
Rene Bitorajac Nino
Filip Sovagovic Cera
Georges Siatidis Marchand--The Sergeant
Serge-Henri Valcke Captain Dubois
Sacha Kremer Michel
Alain Eloy Pierre
Mustafa Nadarevic Old Serbian Soldier
Bogdan Diklic Serbian Officer
Simon Callow Colonel Soft
Katrin Cartlidge Jane Livingstone
Tanja Ribic Martha
Branko Zavrsan Demineur
Mirza Tanovic Bosnian Officer
Boro Stjepanovic Bosnian Soldier No 1
Almir Kurt Bosnian Soldier No 2
Ratko Ristic Bosnian Soldier No 3
Peter Sedmak Bosnian Soldier No 4
Sasa Petrovic Bosnian Soldier No 5 Aleksandar Petrovic
Boris Cindric Miralem
Danijel Smon Serbian Officer No 2
Peter Prikratki Serbian Soldier
Primoz Ranik Cameraman
Jure Plesec Mark
Gordon Wilson John
Maelys De Rudder Olivia
Alan Fairairn Bill
Michel Obenga UNPROFOR Soldier
Rok Strehovec UNPROFOR Soldier
Zvone Hribar Journalist No 1
Ales Valic Journalist No 2
Fred M Liss Journalist No 3
Franc Jakob Rac Journalist No 4
Predrag Brestovac Rambo
Tadej Troha Young Bosnian Soldier
Primoz Petrovsek Serbian Lieutenant (at barricade)
Janez Habic Serbian Soldier (at barricade)
Matej Bizjak Boy Accordionist
Marinko Prga Serbian Soldier No 1
Darjan Gorela Serbian Soldier No 2
Srecko Dzumber Serbian Soldier No 3
Uros Tatomir Serbian Sergeant
Matej Recer Bosnian Officer (at barricade)
Matija Bulatovic Bosnian Soldier (at barricade)
Uros Furst Bosnian Soldier (at barricade)
 
Director
NameCreditCredited As
Danis Tanovic Director
 
Producer
NameCreditCredited As
Frederique Dumas-Zajdela Producer
Marc Baschet Producer
Cédomir Kolar Producer
Marco Muller Co-Producer
Marion Hänsel Co-Producer
Cat Villiers Co-Producer
Judy Counihan Co-Producer
Dunja Klemenc Co-Producer
Igor Pedicek Co-Producer
 
Writer
NameCreditCredited As
Danis Tanovic screenplay
 
Casting
NameCreditCredited As
Peter Zobec additional Casting
Gerda Diddens Casting (Belgium)
 
Editor
NameCreditCredited As
Francesca Calvelli Editor
Nathalie Springael Beta editor (Belgium)
Sabine Hubeaux Beta editor (Belgium)
Stephane Hiegelin Beta editor (Belgium)
 
Camera, Film & Tape
NameCreditCredited As
Walther Vanden Ende Director of Photography