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A decade after No Man’s Land, Bosnian director Danis Tanovic returns to his home turf with Cirkus Columbia, set in a Yugoslavian village on the eve of the war that split the country. The coming strife, however, is mere backdrop to the story of a man retu
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UNDERGROUND (1995) DIRECTOR Emir Kusturica STARRING Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic TIME 167 minutes There is no war until a brother kills a brother. This devastating insight comes to us at the end of a sprawling, ambitious, manic movie
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A member of the jury, Iranian actress Leila Hatami arrives at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Kuestendorf film and music festival in Drvengrad, on January 17, 2012. The event is organised by Sarajevo-born director Emir Kusturica in Drvengard, a wooden... View Photo »
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Turkish people like to boast about their hospitality. They enjoy being thought of abroad as having a culture that takes pride in opening its doors to everyone. However, there are times when hospitality turns into hostility. Sometimes things break out int
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The Academy Award-nominated director and best-selling author of Persepolis recently visited the fifth annual Kustendorf Film and Music Festival to screen her new live action film, Chicken with Plums. A passion project of Balkan director Emir Kusturica, K
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Emir Kusturica, who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice, for When Father Was Away On Business and Underground, renounced his Muslim roots in 1995, at the end of the Bosnian War, and was baptized Serbian Orthodox. (He hasn't returned to Sarajevo since.) He
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Sarajevo-born director Emir Kusturica (L) and South Korean director Kim Ki-duk (R) attend the opening ceremony of the Fifth Kuestendorf film and music festival in Drvengrad, on January 17, 2012. The event is organised by Emir Kusturica in Drvengard, a... View Photo »
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High in the mountains of Serbia sits a fairy-tale village full of wooden huts built in a style that hasn't changed in 300 years. You'll find French legend Isabelle Huppert and Cannes general delegate Thierry Frémaux hitting the slopes and Belgium's Darde
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Serbian film director Emir Kusturica has performed in Sochi (the south of Russia) together with his NoSmokingOrchestra for the first time. His concert was part of the Winter International Arts Festival. Kusturica ran out onto the stage wearing a white sh
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Emir Kusturica, OF (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Кустурица; IPA: [ˈku.stu.ri.tsa]) (born 24 November 1954 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician. He won the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), he is also a recipient of the French Ordre des Arts et... Full Article
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Danish director Frederikke Aspock (C) delivers a speech as Serbian director and President of the jury Emir Kusturica (L), screenwriter Daniel Dencik and actress Stephanie Leon (R) look on after her film "Out Of Bounds" won the festival's Grand Prize at the Marrakech 11th International Film...
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Serbian director and president of the jury Emir Kusturica (L) poses with screenwriter Daniel Dencik (2nd L), Danish director Frederikke Aspock and actress Stephanie Leon (R) after delivering them the Grand Prix award for their film "Out Of Bounds" at the Marrakech 11th International Film...
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President of the Marrakech film festival Serbian film director Emir Kusturica (C) dances as he arrives with film festival jury at the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival in Marrakech, on December 10, 2011.
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Members of the Jury, (from L) Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu, French director and actress Nicole Garcia, Italian actress Maya Sansa, Iranian actress Leila Hatami, President of the jury Serbian director Emir Kusturica, US actress Jessica Chastain, Indian director and actress Aparna Sen,...
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Members of the Jury, (bottom row, from L) Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu, Iranian actress Leila Hatami, President of the jury Serbian director Emir Kusturica, US actress Jessica Chastain, Filipino film director director Brillante Mendoza (top row, from L) French director and actress Nicole...
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(From 2nd L) Screenwriter Daniel Dencik, Danish director Frederikke Aspock and actress Stephanie Leon pose with the jury president Emir Kusturica after being awarded with the Etoile d'Or (gold Star) prize of the 11th edition of the International Film Festival of Marrakech for their film...
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U.S. actress and jury member Jessica Chastain, left, Serbian director and jury president Emir Kusturica, center, and Indian director and actress Aparna Sen, right, arrive at the closing ceremony of the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival in Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday Dec. 10, 2011...
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Serbian director and jury president Emir Kusturica, center, and Romanian director and jury member Radu Mihaileanu, left, gesture as Indian director and actress Aparna Sen, right, looks on as they arrive at the closing ceremony of the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival in Marrakech,...
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U.S. actress and jury member Jessica Chastain, right, Serbian director and jury president Emir Kusturica, center, and Iranian actress and jury member Leila Hatami, left, stand at the closing ceremony of the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival in Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday Dec. 10,...
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Serbian director Emir Kusturica arrives for the tribute to U.S. director Terry Gilliam at the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM), December 6, 2011. The festival runs from December 2 to 10.
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Serbian director Emir Kusturica (L) presents an award to U.S. director Terry Gilliam as a tribute to his career at the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM), December 6, 2011. The festival runs from December 2 to 10.
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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 06: Emir Kusturica delivers a speech during a tribute to Terry Gilliam during the Marrakech International Film Festival 2011 on December 6, 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco.
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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 06: Emir Kusturica attends the 'Another Happy Day' Red Carpet Premiere during Marrakech International Film Festival 2011 on December 6, 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco.
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American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, and actor Terry Gilliam (R) receives an award for his carrer from Serbe director Emir Kusturica (L) at the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival in Marrakech on December 6, 2011.
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President of the jury and Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica delivers a speech during a tribute to American-born British director Terry Gilliam at the Marrakech 11th International Film Festival in Marrakech on December 6, 2011.
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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 02: (Front L to R ) Radu Mihaileanu, Leila Hatami, Emir Kusturica, Maya Sansa and Nicole Garcia (Back L to R ) Aparna Sen, Abdelkader Lagtaa, Jessica Chastain and Brillante Ma. Mendoza attend the Marrakech International Film Festival 2011 Opening Ceremony...
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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 02: (L to R) Jessica Chastain, Emir Kusturica and Maya Sansa attend the Marrakech International Film Festival 2011 Opening Ceremony on December 2, 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco.
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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 02: Emir Kusturica attend the Marrakech International Film Festival 2011 Opening Ceremony on December 2, 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco.
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(L-R) Members of the Jury, Romanian director Radu Milaileanu, Indian director and actress Aparna Sen, Filipino film director director Brillante Mendoza, US actress Jessica Chastain, president of the jury and Serbian director Emir Kusturica, Italian actress Maya Sansa, Morrocan director Abdelkader...
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President of the jury, Serbian director Emir Kusturica, arrives at the opening ceremony of the Marrakech 11th International Film Festival in Marrakech on December 2, 2011.
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Serbian director and jury president of the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival Emir Kusturica arrives at the opening ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. The Festival runs through Dec. 2-10.
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Serbian director and jury president of the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival Emir Kusturica, center, poses with U.S. actress and jury member Jessica Chastain, left, and Italian actress and jury member Maya Sansa at the opening ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011.
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Romanian director and jury member Radu Mihaileanu, left, chats with Iranian actress and jury member Leila Hatami beside Serbian director and jury president Emir Kusturica, right, during the opening ceremony of the 11th Marrakech International Film Festival in Marrakech, Morocco,...
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US boxing champion Mike Tyson (L), Serbian director Emir Kusturica (C) and former Argentinian football player Diego Maradona pose after arriving to attend the screening of US director Steven Soderbergh's film 'Che' at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival on May 21, 2008 in...
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Director Radu Mihaileanu, actress Jessica Chastain and director Emir Kusturica, all members of the jury of the Marrakech 11th film festival (FIFM), arrive at the closing ceremony of the festival December 10, 2011. EUTERS/Jean Blondin (MOROCCO - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT).
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Danish director Frederikke Aspock (C) delivers a speech as Serbian director and President of the jury Emir Kusturica (L), screenwriter Daniel Dencik and actress Stephanie Leon (R) look on after her film "Out Of Bounds" won the festival's Grand Prize at the Marrakech 11th International Film...
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