On this day, Bosnia’s famous film director Danis Tanovic uttered the words ‘This is for my country, for Bosnia’, after receiving the American Academy award – the Oscar for his debut feature film "No man’s land," Anadolu Agency reported Thursday.

Few things have made Bosnians and Herzegovinians so happy since the signing of the Dayton Accords as Danis’ sentence, which he delivered on March 24, 2002, in front of a crowded Kodak Theater (now Dolby Theater) in Los Angeles.

That evening “No Man's Land” was named the best film in the non-English speaking category, and it competed against “Amelie” (France), “Elling” (Norway), “Lagaan” (India), “Son of the Bride”. (Argentina).

In addition to the Oscars, “No Man's Land” has won numerous other prizes, including the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the 2001 European Film Academy Award for Best Screenplay.

Rotten Tomatoes, the U.S. film and television review website, said at the time that 93 percent of critics gave the film a “Certified Fresh” rating, based on 98 reviews with an average rating of 7.8 / 10, with a comment from the site that states: “Gloomy and darkly witty, the film ‘No Man's Land’ vividly illustrates all the nonsense of war.”

After raising a golden statuette in Los Angeles, Danis Tanovic did the same ten days later in front of the National Theater in Sarajevo, where he was welcomed by thousands of Bosnians and Herzegovinians.

After raising a golden statuette in Los Angeles, Danis Tanovic did the same ten days later in front of the National Theater in Sarajevo, where he was welcomed by thousands of Bosnians and Herzegovinians.