Stone to be star attraction
2005-06-13 15:11
Prague - American actress Sharon Stone will join actor-director Robert Redford and Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann as star attraction at next month's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, organisers announced on Monday.
The July 1-9 event, the only Category A film festival in the former eastern bloc, marks its 40th year this year and will feature 230 films from across the globe.
Stone - star of Basic Instinct, Total Recall and Casino - together with Redford and Ullmann will be presented with a top Crystal Globe award at the festival in recognition of their outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema.
Stone's latest film Broken Flowers won the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival last month and the actress is currently filming Basic Instinct II.
According to the Karlovy Vary festival's artistic director Eva Zaoralova, around 143 000 movie professionals and film fans are expected to attend this year's event in this spa town in the west of the Czech Republic, a similar number to last year.