By Daria Sito-Sucic

SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Oscar-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino will be honoured at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, which kicks off on Friday, alongside star actors Willem Dafoe, Ray Winstone and Stellan Skarsgard.

Sorrentino – known for “Il Divo”, “The Hand of God” and “The Great Beauty”, which was recognised as best foreign language film at the 2014 Academy Awards – will get the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the event which will show a retrospective of his films.

“Paolo Sorrentino managed to do what every filmmaker dreams of – he left a global impact through local, personal stories, festival director Jovan Marjanovic said in a statement.

U.S. actor Dafoe – who turned 70 last month and has starred in everything from “Poor Things” to “Spider-Man” – will also ge

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