Monday, August 30, 2010

Rossellini to chair Berlin jury

Actress and film-maker Isabella Rossellini to chair the jury at next years Berlin Film Festival, organisers have announced.

The 58-year-old, whose films include Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart, showcased her directorial debut at the German event in 2008.

Festival director Dieter Kosslick called her "a multi-faceted, creative film artist".

The 2011 festival is due to take place from February 10-20.

Other members of the panel, who will decide prizes including the main Golden Bear, have yet to be announced.

This years judging panel was led by film director Werner Herzog.

Rossellin, the daughter of Italian film director Roberto Rossellini and movie star Ingrid Bergman, is the director of Green Porno - a series of short films on animal sexual behaviour.



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