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Jeremy Irons to head jury at Sarajevo film festival
(AFP)
Updated: 2007-07-13 09:04

Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons, seen here in January 2007, will head the jury for
the 13th annual Sarajevo Film Festival which opens next month, organizers said.[AFP]

Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons will head the jury for the 13th annual Sarajevo Film Festival which opens next month, organizers said on Thursday.

Irons and the rest of the jury members are to decide on the festival awards of 25,000 euros (30,000 dollars) for best film and 2,500 euros for best actor and actress.

The nine-day festival, which opens on August 17, focuses on the latest production in southeast Europe.

Special guests will include US actor Steve Buscemi.

The festival was launched by a group of enthusiasts at the end of Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Despite its troubled beginnings it has become the biggest such event in the Balkans.