Set in the midst of the recent Balkan wars, this debut film by Bosnian director Danis Tanovic is a mordant account of the relationship that develops between two enemy soldiers—a Serb and a Bosnian—who are trapped together in the same trench. When the U.N. begrudgingly decides to come to their rescue, the soldiers’ predicament is blown up into a ridiculous international news spectacle, and the dark humor of the film becomes bitterly evident. One of the most widely acclaimed films of 2001, No Man’s Land was awarded Best Screenplay and the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, as well as the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.