Edward Norton will receive the Humanitarian Award and writer-producerBrian Koppelman the Excellence in Screenwriting Award at the upcomingninth annual Sarasota Film Festival, set to run in Florida from Apr13-22.

Executive director Jody Kielbasa, director of programming Tom Hall andtheir team have assembled 207 films for the event encompassingcompetition strands for best narrative, documentary and independentvision.

Screenings include Ray Lawrence's Jindabyne, Sarah Polley's Away FromHer, Adrienne Shelly's Waitress, and Lars von Trier's The Boss of It All.The festival includes panel discussions and on-stage interviews withMarcia Gay Harden and Joe Pantoliano, Norton and Koppelman, andNorman.

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