ABBA. Volvo. Skarsgård. Three great Swedish imports and illustrious company that illustrate just how highly regarded Andor star Stellan Skarsgård is within the acting profession, and why he will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, which runs from 15th to the 22nd August. A long-time friend of the festival, he is honoured for a career that so far consists of more than 150 TV and film credits, making him one of Sweden ́s most internationally celebrated actors.
Swedish acting star Stellan Skarsgård will be feted with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the festival’s 31st edition in August.
The actor is a longtime friend of the festival, as well as a curator and one of the patrons of the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation – the scholarships of which were awarded at the Sarajevo Film Festival – and presented the foundation’s scholarship to Juanita Wilson at the festival’s 15th edition in 2009.
The 31st Sarajevo Film Festival runs from August 15 to 22.