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Tanovic Joins the ‘Cirkus’

No Man’s Land was a satire on how people had the ability to lose focus, Danis Tanovic’s explores the same problem with his upcoming next project currently being pre-sold by The Match Factory in Berlin. An adaptation of the debut novel by Croatian journalist Ivica Djikic, Cirkus Columbia will look at the new rise of nationalism and facism in Bosnia.

No Man’s Land was a satire on how people had the ability to lose focus, Danis Tanovic‘s explores the same problem with his upcoming next project currently being pre-sold by The Match Factory in Berlin. An adaptation of the debut novel by Croatian journalist Ivica Djikic, Cirkus Columbia will look at the new rise of nationalism and facism in Bosnia. This would mark the first time the filmmaker shoots in his own backyard. Shooting will being in June. Tanovic recently finished shooting Triage with Colin Farrell (look for the film to make it into Cannes).

Tanovic told Screen Daily that the novel “reminded him of Novecento (1900) by Bernardo Bertolucci–  “which is about the beginning of the (last) century whereas this book is talking about the end of the century in the Balkans. It almost seems that the book was written to be filmed because it is so visual.” 

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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