Emily Watson Named Jury President and Honorary Award Recipient at 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival
British actress Emily Watson will serve as jury president for the Feature Film Competition at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival (August 14-21, 2026) and receive the festival's Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award. Watson is a two-time Oscar nominee with a distinguished career spanning film, television, and theatre, including roles in Breaking the Waves, Chernobyl, and recent work in Hamnet. The honor recognizes her significant contributions to world cinema and marks her return to the festival after 20 years.
Emily Watson, the acclaimed British actress, has been appointed jury president for the Feature Film Competition at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival and will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award in recognition of her contributions to world cinema. Festival director Jovan Marjanović praised Watson's "talent, intelligence and dedication to the craft" and her ability to move audiences with "performances of extraordinary emotional precision and strength." Watson's career includes two Academy Award nominations (for Hilary and Jackie and Breaking the Waves), Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Chernobyl, and a 2015 appointment as Officer of the Order of the British Empire for Services to Drama. Her recent work includes starring as Mary Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao's Hamnet and leading roles in HBO Max's Dune: Prophecy. The festival will take place August 14-21, 2026.
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