Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival (August 15-22).
The festival is also screening a retrospective of Sorrentino’s works, which includes the Oscar-nominated Hand Of God, as part of the ‘Tribute To’ programme.
Sorrentino will attend Sarajevo to receive the award and deliver a masterclass.
The filmmaker’s career has seen him represent Italy at the Oscars several times, including 2014’s winner The Great Beauty which also picked up the Golden Globe and Bafta award for best foreign language film.
Sorrentino’s other credits include the 2008 Cannes jury prize winner Il Divo, 2016 Oscar nominee Youth and the HBO series The Young Pope.
Previous recipients of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo include Meg Ryan, Mark Cousins, Lynne Ramsay and Jesse Eisenberg.
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