Jolie Plans To Support Educational Program In Bosnia

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP/CBS) Actress Angelina Jolie, who is planning to direct a movie in Bosnia this fall, is interested in supporting an educational project for young Bosnians who are returning to homes they left during the war, a top official in Bosnia said.

Haris Silajdzic, chairman of Bosnia's three-member Presidency, said after meeting the actress Saturday that she asked about ideas for projects she could support and they both concluded that "the absolute priority is education".

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The aim would be turn Sarajevo into a regional center of education, Silajdzic said.

Jolie visited Bosnia in April as UNHCR ambassador and drew attention to the plight of 117,000 people who haven't able to return to their homes, even though the Bosnia war ended 15 years ago.

Jolie was in Bosnia recently to inspect filming locations for her directorial debut . She said in a statement issued through UNHCR — the United Nations refugee agency that she plans to start shooting a movie in Bosnia in the autumn.

"The film is a love story," and is about a couple that meets on the eve of the war, her statement said.

According to according to X17Online.com., Jolie and partner Brad Pitt are looking for a place in Budapest, Hungary, to stay with their six children while she is making the movie.