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Angelina Jolie has said her film about the Bosnian war should be a “wake-up call” for the world to act in time to prevent atrocities like those now happening in Syria. Jolie received a standing ovation by an audience of 5,000 people at the Sarajevo premiere of her directorial debut film In The Land Of Blood And Honey on February 14th

The Hollywood star broke in to tears when she got on the stage after the screening in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“To see you receiving it so well means a world to me. I feel so deep for all of you in this country,” she said.  ”I feel very strongly about it (the film) and I believe that its core issue - which is the need for intervention and need for the world to pay attention to atrocities when they are happening - is very, very timely and especially with things that are happening in Syria today,” Jolie told journalists.

“If this film points the finger at anybody it is the international community, so I hope it remains a wake-up call for them.”

Many women who watched the screening with tears in their eyes said they were “shocked”.

“I lived through the war but I was spared the horrors other women suffered. Thank you Angelina for speaking about Bosnia like this,” said 30 year-old Suzana Omeragic.