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"We are honored to have Robert De Niro as the first recipient
of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo - Lifetime Achievement Award,"
director Mirsad Purivatra said in a statement on Monday.
De Niro will present Martin Scorsese's digitally restored movie
"Taxi Driver" in which he starred, in honor of its 40th
anniversary, the statement said.
British film director Stephen Frears, who will be awarded for
extraordinary contribution to the art of film, will present his
latest film "Florence Foster Jenkins".
The Sarajevo Film Festival, founded as an act of defiance
towards the end of the 1992-95 siege during the Bosnian war,
will show 222 films from 61 countries to an audience of about
100,000.
Its main award is the Heart of Sarajevo. An international jury
will be chaired by Palestinian film-maker Elia Suleiman.
(Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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