But this time round it is the movie makers calling the shots, not the wartime nationalist leaders.
Nation building is the real tableau playing out here.
And news that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosovic, who many hold responsible for the war, may lose power to Yugoslav opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica is encouraging some. Analysts have long predicted that Bosnia's problems would be easier to fix once the three nationalist wartime leaders were gone. Croatia's President Franjo Tudjamn died last year and Bosnia's wartime leader has announced he will step down. Only Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosovic is left clinging to power. For Bosnia, the next steps on the road to recovery are November's elections.