Jeremy Irons to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Savannah Film Festival

Jeremy Irons will be a featured guest at this year's Savannah Film Festival

Jeremy Irons has been announced as a special guest and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient at this year's Savannah Film Festival. Three-quarters of his way to EGOT, Irons has already won an Emmy, an Oscar and a Tony—still waiting on that Grammy.

Irons' career has spanned decades, with memorable films roles in "The French Lieutenant's Woman," "The Mission," "Dead Ringers," "Reversal of Fortune," "The Lion King," "Die Hard with a Vengeance," "The Time Machine," "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Margin Call." Irons' television credits include "Brideshead Revisited," "Elizabeth I" and "The Borgias." Recently, Irons produced and narrated the global waste documentary "Trashed," which screened at the Rome International Film Festival earlier this year.

What to see at the 2013 Rome International Film Festival

By this time next week, the 10th annual Rome International Film Festival will be underway in Northwest Georgia's signature city. If you will remember, last year's festival offered us several great films and shorts, from Haiti water documentary "La Source" and Danny Darst biography "American Songwriter" to strong narratives like "Born & Raised" and "Heathens and Thieves."

This year, nonfiction takes the spotlight again, with several prime spots in the lineup—including both opening and closing night films—belonging to documentaries. In preparation for next week's festivities, we've highlighted nine films and two shorts you might already recognize from Georgia's film festival circuit. Events kick off next Thursday evening, September 5th at 7PM and wrap up late on Saturday, September 7th. Check out our guide after the jump!