Angie: my new movie ISN'T about war and rape, as you can hear in media

Angelina Jolie left Sarajevo

After a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Hollywood actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Saturday at about 18:00 hours left the Sarajevo International Airport and sent a private plane to an unknown destination.

Angelina Jolie to the Presidency
As stated in the UNHCR, after leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday, Angelina Jolie said she would stay in the region this fall working on a new film. The film is a love story that takes place during the war, 1992.-1995. Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on the couple that meets just before the war and the consequences that war has on their relationship.

Although it occurs in the course of the war years, the war is not the subject of the film. The film is a love story, not a political statement. Cast will consist exclusively of actors from different nationalities of the former Yugoslavia.

"I would like to include as many local participants and learn as much as possible," said Jolie. "Due to the sensitivity of this historical period, you will hear many rumors and untruths in the media about what the theme of this movie. At this time I want to be open and available to the media and help clarifying the ambiguities that may arise."

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This is the second visit of the famous actresses to Sarajevo, both organized UNHCR.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Angelina Jolie before departure:
Hope to see you return to the region
By rivate plane, "cesna" she left Sarajevo International Airport tonight and traveled to an unknown destination, after a two-day visit to the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Angelina Jolie, UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador, was in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she met with members of BiH Presidency and discussed a number of issues, including problems faced by internally displaced persons in the country.

This private visit, which is part of her work in the region, which was partly organized by UNHCR, the second visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina this year.

According to a UNHCR statement, Jolie met with members of BiH Presidency.

As a member of BiH Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic was unable to attend the meeting because it is outside the country, UNHCR's Goodwill ambassador left him a letter in his cabinet, said in a statement.

During the war, 1992nd-1995th Bosnia and Herzegovina, almost half the population was displaced. Understanding the dimensions of the problem, Jolie said:
"Although the consequences of such a tragedy can not be removed, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to reduce their pain, so we will help those who needed help. Thus contributes to overcome differences and build a better future for all people in this country" .

Jolie mentioned the adoption of the revised Strategy for the Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which deals with issues of displaced people, and stressed the need for its rapid implementation.

"I hope that will soon be taken concrete steps that will greatly improve the lives of displaced people. Political leaders have reached a compromise to reach this moment. Now is required rapid action," said Jolie.

The representative of UNHCR in BiH Naveed Hussain said that the visit was part of Angelina Jolie UNHCR's long-standing commitment to the completion of displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and that followed the visits of other senior officials, including her previous visit and the visit to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (Antonio Gutereš).

Jolie has expressed her joy is back in Bosnia, and also to advance forward to soon return to the region and continuation of their work during the coming months, communicated from the UNHCR.

The new movie will be filming in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In a very pleasant atmosphere, the BiH Presidency Zeljko Komsic and Angelina Jolie talked today about her upcoming projects, and this is the movie that will be partially realized in our country.

The statement alleges that Komsic received Jolie's visit on her own initiative.

Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt few months ago visited several refugee centers in eastern Bosnia to draw attention to the fact that thousands of refugees and displaced have not been able to return to their homes, 15 years after the end of the war.

Details of film projects that Jolie plans are not yet known, but the media speculated, citing unofficial information of some production companies in BiH, will be talking about the first movie to be very direct and whose story will be tied to the former Yugoslavia.

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Angie with twins in Budapest, where the family will move in november

Angelina Jolie took her darling two-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne, with her on a location scout today in Budapest for her upcoming directorial debut.

Jolie's been in Europe promoting her starring turn in Salt with the twins while Brad stays home with the rest of their brood.

But soon the entire family will move to the Hungarian city dubbed the "Paris of the East" when shooting starts on the film in November (some will also be shot in Belgrade, Serbia.)

Angelina was apparently inspired to shoot this story after visiting refugee camps in Bosnia with Brad this spring.

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Angelina meets with BIH officials

Angelina Jolie wants to promote BiH as a center of education

The building of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is today a center of media interest because it is known Hollywood actress and Goodwill Ambassador of UNHCR and Angelina Jolie that held separate meetings with the Chairman Haris Silajdzic and Presidency member Zeljko Komsic.

Jolie has shown special interest in the promotion of sustainable return to our country, and with Silajdzic spoke about the acquisition of dryers, refrigerators, cultivators, greenhouses and other equipment returnee families.

They agreed that education is a priority for the future of new generations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Silajdzic expressed the idea that Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina to become educational center that will attract thousands of students from around the world. Jolie has expressed willingness to join in promoting this idea and through mutual friends working on the implementation of the project.

In the end, Silajdzic called on the actress in October this year, attended an international conference on improving the dialogue between cultures, to be held in Sarajevo, organized by the Kuwaiti Al Babtain Foundation, under the auspices of Silajdzic.

In an interview with a member of the Presidency Komsic Ambassador Jolie spoke about the activities that it intends to implement in Bosnia and also to help displaced and strengthen unity and education.

Komsic said he believes that through its activities to come to the realization of concrete projects. Finally, in a very pleasant atmosphere, talked about future projects by American actress - movie that will be partially realized in our country, communicated from the press-service of the BiH Presidency.

Sarajevo, August 21 (AP) - A surprise visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia, U.S. friction Angelina Jolie in the role of goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The Hollywood star met with representatives of Muslim and Croat Bosnian collegial presidency, Haris Silajdzic (President) and Zeljko Komsic and was made aware of the process for the return of war refugees within the Community (1992-1995).

"The ambassador was particularly interested in the return" of refugees and deported, sources said the cabinet Silajdzic in a statement.

Almost 15 years after the war in Bosnia, which caused about 100 thousand deaths and 2.2 million displaced and refugees - ie half the population before the war - there are still 113,000 refugees in the country, according to UNHCR figures.

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SARAJEVO — Hollywood star Angelina Jolie called on Bosnian leaders to speed up the return of thousands of refugees from the brutal 1990s civil war as she made a surprise visit to Sarajevo on Saturday.
"I hope that there'll soon be practical steps to improve these people's lives," Jolie was quoted as saying in a statement released by the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency.
Jolie -- whose visit coincides with the release in Europe of her new spy thriller "Salt" -- is a UNHCR goodwill ambassador and last visited Bosnia Hercegovina in April with her husband, movie heartthrob Brad Pitt.
She hailed the adoption by the Bosnian parliament in June of a new strategy for returning all internally displaced people in the country by 2014, the UNHCR said.
"The political leaders have shown a spirit of compromise in getting this far. Now it needs a little more urgency," added Jolie.
Jolie also met the Muslim and Croat representatives of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, Haris Silajdzic and Zeljko Komsic, to discuss the refugee issue, Silajdzic's cabinet said in a statement.
The 1992-1995 war left 100,000 people dead and 2.2 million refugees and displaced persons in Bosnia. Some 113,000 people are still displaced or unable to return to their homes, according to the UNHCR.
Jolie, who arrived in Sarajevo on a private jet from Budapest on Friday, was later due to meet Bosnian film producers about a possible film on the Bosnian war which she would direct and star in, national radio said.

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Former agent that trained Angie: she could be a spy

The former CIA girl's latest assignment was training Angelina for her role as a secret agent in new blockbuster movie Salt.
And Melissa believes that, apart from the crucial issue of having one of the most recognisable faces on the planet, Angelina has all the attributes to be a brilliant spy.
She explained: "Angelina is good at masking her inner emotions and she brings that to the role."To be a good spy you harbour a lot of lies all the time. You want to present a particular image, whatever that image is going to be. There is an element of that in being a celebrity.
"Spies are always acting and taking on roles. We manipulate how people view you and that's very similar to what actors do. Angelina pulls it off very well, her focus and understanding is very impressive."
Salt director Phillip Noyce signed Melissa as a consultant on the movie after they decided to change the title character from a man to a woman.
Melissa used her wealth of experience to improve the script and advised Angelina, 35, on her role as a CIA spy accused of being a Russian mole. Melissa said: "When I met Angelina I was so impressed. I don't know what I was expecting but I got a real professional. She was focused and interested in the details of how things worked and looking at it through a spy's eye."
Melissa revealed: "I was shot at - but it doesn't happen every day. If every day was like a day in Salt's life, I'd be dead.
Melissa believes that Angelina's mastery of her role can help to recruit a new generation of hotshot CIA officers. She says: "Angelina puts a very good face on what it means to be a spy. Hollywood is a great recruiter."OK, the reality is a little bit different. But as I tell everybody, the reality is even better."

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