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Ryan was one of four film authors who received the award,
alongside US and Palestinian film directors Alexander Payne and
Elia Suleiman and U.S. actor and producer John Turturro.
"It's an award in recognition of outstanding contribution to the
world of cinema, to her incredible talents," festival director
Jovan Marjanović said before handing Ryan a silver heart-shaped
award.
Ryan symbolically presented a special screening of her 1998 hit
romantic comedy "You’ve Got Mail" at an open air cinema, the
same place where it was first screened at the festival in 1999.
At the masterclass moderated by Oscar-winning Bosnian film
director Danis Tanovic, Ryan talked about "What Happens Later",
her second feature that she directed, wrote and co-starred with
David Duchovny, which was also screened at the festival.
She said that she ventured into acting to pay for her journalism
studies, and that she was an "untrained actress".
"I had a beginner's mind, which I see now as a very valuable
thing, there is certain naivety, innocence that is important
when you are an artist," she said.
The Sarajevo Film Festival, a movie showcase spreading from
Vienna to Istanbul, was created by a group of film enthusiasts
towards the end of the Bosnian war 30 years ago. It will
showcase 240 films in total this year.
(Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic; Editing by Michael Perry)
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