The 31st edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival kicks off on Friday, Aug. 15, and runs through Aug. 22, once again putting a spotlight on the best of Southeast European cinema and highlights from the recent festival circuit.

The stars will also be out in force in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Willem Dafoe will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo honor at the festival “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of film,” as will Stellan Skarsgard and Ray Winstone . Plus, Italian auteur Paolo Sorrentino and Russia-born director and artist Ilya Khrzhanovsky will both receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo, with curated retrospectives of their films.

The 31st edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival kicks off on Friday, Aug. 15, and runs through A

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