The film — a wartime love story between a Bosnian woman and a Serbian man and Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

AP

Bosnia-Herzegovina – Angelina Jolie said Friday she would like to meet with wartime rape victims and clarify misunderstandings that have led authorities in Sarajevo to deny her a permit to shoot her directorial film debut in Bosnia.

"My hope is that people will hold judgment until they have seen the film," the Hollywood actress said in a statement Friday.

Bosnian authorities have denied Jolie a permit to shoot her film amid protests by rape victims who object to its alleged subject matter.

The film — a wartime love story between a Bosnian woman and a Serbian man — was supposed to be shot partly in Bosnia in November. However, Jolie's producer says rumors spread that the film was about a rape victim who falls in love with her rapist. Jolie's Sarajevo producer, Edin Sarkic, said Friday the rumors were not true. He said he has resubmitted the application and sent the film's full script to Sarajevo's culture minister and expects to get a permit.

Culture Minister Gavrilo Grahovac revoked the original permit this week under pressure from the Association of Women, Victims of War that represents the several thousand mainly Muslim Bosniak women who were raped during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

The head of the association, Bakira Hasecic, told The Associated Press that she has not read the script but "from what I heard, it is about a victim in a rape camp falling in love with her rapist, and that's not only impossible but the idea is insulting."