Washington DC, July 25 -- Swedish acting star Stellan Skarsgard will be honoured with the prestigious Heart of Sarajevo award at the Sarajevo Film Festival in August, reported Deadline.

According to the outlet, 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.

"The Sarajevo Film Festival remains unwavering and driven in its aim to highlight subjects of great consequence, underscored by an intense lust for life. I love going there", said Skarsgard as quoted by Deadline.

The actor follows in the wake of past celebrated Sarajevo honorees who include Meg Ryan, Alexander Payne, Lynne Ramsay, Cha...