Sometimes it would be a smell, sometimes the face of a person I used to know, sometimes a scene of no particular importance. Then, suddenly, a few years ago, for no particular reason I began to remember. I felt as if that time was a lost part of my life. It was as if the war overshadowed everything that existed previous to it. There was this gap in my mind when I tried to think of the time in my life before the war. TRIAGE, after, and CIRKUS COLUMBIA, before.įor a long time, the period before the war belonged to a life I couldn't remember. NO MAN'S LAND takes place during the conflict. In some way for me, these films make a sort of personal trilogy - before, during and post war. The story of CIRKUS COLUMBIA actually stops when the war starts. Recently, I made TRIAGE, a feature that deals with the aftermath of war. While in the army, I filmed it for real, then I made documentaries about war, and those experiences culminated with NO MAN'S LAND, my first feature film. Much of my career in filmmaking has been 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 Ludja, 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. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991: The communists have fallen from power and Divko Buntic returns to the small town where he grew up to reclaim his family home.