Ford is star guest for Deauville

Harrison Ford will be the star guest at next month's Deauville film festival, organizers said.

Harrison Ford will be the star guest at next month's Deauville film festival and director Roman Polanski will preside over the jury, organizers said on Tuesday.

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Ford, 61, is to attend the festival in the exclusive Normandy resort to promote his latest movie

Hollywood Homicide

an action comedy directed by Ron Shelton.

The 29th edition of the festival, which honours American cinema, is to take place Sept. 5-14. This year, organizers plan to introduce a new documentary competition. Oliver Stone's

Persona Non Grata

, about Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and

The Agronomist

by Jonathan Demme, about a Haitian journalist and human rights activist, are in the running. Ten films will compete for the prestigious Jury Prize, while another 15 will be shown out of competition, including British actor Ben Kingsley, Germany's Nastassja Kinski, Ludivine Sagnier of France and Tunisia's Claudia Carnivale will sit on the jury alongside Polanski.