Angelina Jolie attended the closing ceremony of the eight-day film festival in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Saturday and organizers presented him a special prize to the attention of the 1992-1995 war refugees in the country.
Award named "Heart of Sarajevo," Jolie was festival director, Miro Purivatra, who is said to give him not only a great influence on the film industry, but "an active commitment to the ongoing complexity in the real world we live in"
Jolie visited Bosnia several times last year, Ambassador of the UNHCR warned that the 117,000 who could not return to their homes despite the fact that the Bosnian war ended 16 years ago. Accompanied by a Brad Pitt, he had a different refugee camps. A visit to the U.S. government as a result of donations provided by the hotel every 15 people living in one of the options are tired.
Award named "Heart of Sarajevo," Jolie was festival director, Miro Purivatra, who is said to give him not only a great influence on the film industry, but "an active commitment to the ongoing complexity in the real world we live in"
Jolie visited Bosnia several times last year, Ambassador of the UNHCR warned that the 117,000 who could not return to their homes despite the fact that the Bosnian war ended 16 years ago. Accompanied by a Brad Pitt, he had a different refugee camps. A visit to the U.S. government as a result of donations provided by the hotel every 15 people living in one of the options are tired.
"I told Brad I was afraid I would cry in the car," he said with tears, the audience gave him a standing ovation at the National Theatre in Sarajevo.
Jolie said it experienced "a feeling of warmth and hospitality" of the city during her visits, and more honored to receive the award - a silver heart took the box and push the chest.
"There is no greater example of the power of artists, festival began during the war and stronger every year. It seems remarkable," he said.
Jolie and Pitt later I saw a film about Bosnian refugees in the Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic.
Sarajevo Film Festival began in 1994 in the besieged city, because the founders sought to provide citizens with a sense of normal life. Residents face mortar shells falling in the city to gather in a downtown basement and watch "Pulp Fiction", Quentin Tarantino is safe, if you ever came to the filming of the movie sound of music or outside of battle.
The following year, sent a box of film strips of Sarajevo with food deliveries. Now, with thousands of Sarajevo in the region every year in the last few days, more than 10 countries, movies, and partying the night concerts and other events after the screening.
Last year, Jolie shot some scenes for her first film director, as - a love story between a Muslim man and a Bosnian Serb woman, who is in love and get separate during the war - Bosnia. The movie "The Island of Blood and Honey" will be released in December, the decision of the local players.
"In my career, I've never worked with artists as talented and disciplined," he said.
The project for a time overshadowed by rumors that the film featured a rape victim who falls in love with their attacker. This angered the Association of Women Victims of War, in the Bosnian war rape victims. They objected to the production, claiming that a series of wereinsulted a story.
Mass rape was a taboo subject in the 1992-1995 war between Serbian and Bosnian Muslim forces, but because the victims' rights formed a campaign group, which became one of the big lobbies in the country.
License Jolie was filming a while back, but back when the rumor proved to be the manufacturer was not true, and the entire Bosnian community expressed support for the arts.
This year's festival include a host of German director Wim Wenders and actress Charlotte Rampling. Eight days, about 100,000 spectators watched more than 200 movies in dozens of countries.
Supported in part to the festival, film boom experienced in Bosnia, despite the fact that poverty. Country's films have won prestigious awards, including a foreign film Oscar, "no man's land" Danis Tanovic 2002 Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear "Grbavica" in 2006 Jasmila Zbanic.