"The Second Encounter" nominated for Oscar

The American Movie Academy accepted nomination of Zeljko Mirkovic's documentary “The Second Encounter” for the Oscar for the feature-long documentary movie in 2014.

Twelve years after the first encounter when they were shooting at each other, the heroes of this event, Dale Zelko and Zoltan Dani meet again in peace. They decided to see each other and introduce themselves. Zelko is coming to Serbia to meet Dani and to see the place where his plane fell.

According to a director and a producer, five years of sincere energy and committed work have been invested in the movie.

His, as well as families of the two heroes, believed that values the movie is about deserve to be recognized globally as values which totally inspire people.

- I hope that the commission which decides on the further nomination outcome will also see the movie the same eyes and that the Second Encounter will rank among the five nominated – Mirkovic said.

The Ministry of Culture and the USA Embassy in Serbia supported the movie.