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Danis Tanović to preside over Sarajevo Jury
- Bosnian director Danis Tanović will be the president of the jury for feature film competition at the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival (August 16-24)
The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced that writer-director Danis Tanović will preside over the jury for feature film competition at its 19th edition, which runs from August 16-24.
Tanović is Bosnia’s best known director, with a foreign language Oscar and another 40 awards for his debut film No Man’s Land (2001).
His latest film, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker [+see also:
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