Paolo Sorrentino is about to be awarded an Honorary Coronary heart of Sarajevo award at this 12 months’s upcoming Sarajevo Movie Pageant. A retrospective of his movies shall be proven through the thirty first version of the competition as a part of its ‘Tribute To’ program and the Italian filmmaker may even maintain a masterclass through the competition, the place he’ll share his ideas on modern artwork.
Born in Naples in 1970, Sorrentino’s credit embrace The Penalties of Love and The Household Good friend, which each competed for the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2004 and 2006 respectively, whereas his movie Il Divo received the Jury Prize in 2008. He returned In Competitors at Cannes in 2011 with This Should Be the Place and two years later with The Nice Magnificence, which received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award for Finest Overseas Language Movie in addition to three European Movie Awards.
He’s additionally the creator and director of hit TV collection The Younger Pope and its observe up The New Pope.
“Paolo Sorrentino managed to do what each filmmaker goals of – he left a worldwide affect by means of native, private tales,” stated Sarajevo Movie Pageant Director Jovan Marjanović. “With visually luxurious, emotionally stuffed and intellectually insightful type, he received the hearts of audiences around the globe, who noticed his characters, regardless of how eccentric or withdrawn, as a mirror of our world, usually absurd, typically merciless, however at all times deeply human. The Honorary Coronary heart of Sarajevo is a recognition of the nice magnificence that he gave us together with his movies.”
Sorrentino stated: “I’m deeply honored to obtain this prestigious recognition and grateful for the eye given to my filmography. I stay up for being with you in Sarajevo. Thanks from the underside of my coronary heart.”
The thirty first version of the Sarajevo Movie Pageant takes place August 15-22, 2025.