In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of of cinema, the celebrated Italian author Paolo Sorrentino will recieve the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema. After the presentation of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo to Sorrentino, his film THE GREAT BEAUTY will be screened at the Coca-Coca Open Air Cinema.
As part of the Tribute to programme of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, a complete retrospective of Sorrentino’s films will be presented. Sorrentino held a Masterclass at the Bosnian Cultural Center (BKC) yesterday and shared his thoughts on contemporary art in a conversation with the audience.
Paolo Sorrentino, film director and screenwriter, was born in Naples in 1970. His first full-length feature film, “One Man Up”, dates back to 2001 and was selected for the Venice Film Festival.
His next two films, “The Consequences of Love” from 2004 and “The Family Friend” from 2006, were in competition for the Palme d’Or in Cannes, as well as the film “Il Divo”, which won the Jury Prize in 2008. He returned in competition at the Cannes Festival in 2011 with the film “This Must be the Place”, and two years later with “The Great Beauty”, which won the Academy Award®, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA Award for the best Foreign Language Film, as well as three EFA Awards.
He was selected once again in competition at Cannes in 2016 with “Youth”, garnering three EFA Awards, an Academy Award® nomination and two Golden Globe nominations.
In 2016 he created and directed the TV series “The Young Pope”, nominated at the Golden Globes for Best Actor and at the Emmy Awards for Outstanding Production Design and Outstanding Cinematography. In 2018 he directed the movie “Loro” starring Toni Servillo and in 2019 Sorrentino directed the second series set in the world of modern papacy, “The New Pope”, starring Jude Law and John Malkovich.
In 2021 he wrote and directed the “The Hand of God”, nominated at the 2022 Academy Award® for Best Foreign Film, winner of the Leone d’Argento Grand Jury Prize and the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 78th edition of the Venice International Film Festival, also winner of 5 David di Donatello 2022 including Best Film and Best Director and 4 Nastri d’argento 2022 including Best Film.
In 2024 he wrote and directed “Parthenope”, presented in competition at Cannes and winner of the Biglietto D’oro among the most viewed films of the year.
