Overview
- Willem Dafoe will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, joining Stellan Skarsgård and Ray Winstone as this year’s honorees.
- He will lead a masterclass during the festival to share his experience and reflections on art with emerging filmmakers and festival audiences.
- The festival’s 31st edition runs August 15–22 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Dafoe returns to Sarajevo after a 25-year absence from the festival.
- He has appeared in more than 150 films and earned four Academy Award nominations along with accolades such as two Independent Spirit Awards, the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup and a Berlinale Honorary Golden Bear.