The Locarno Film Festival will honor Isabella Rossellini with its Excellence Award that pays tribute to movie personalities who’re making their mark on up to date cinema.
Rossellini — whose most up-to-date credit embrace Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” (2023) and Edward Berger’s “Conclave” (2024), for which she scored an Oscar nomination for greatest supporting actress — will obtain the prize on the opening night time of the Swiss pageant on Aug. 5 in its Piazza Grande venue.
“Born of cinema royalty, Rossellini has left her distinct mark on film history, forging a career featuring collaborations with filmmakers like Robert Zemeckis, David O. Russell, Taylor Hackford, Marjane Satrapi, Guy Maddin, the Taviani brothers, or of course, most memorably of all, David Lynch, delivering remarkable performances that have given powerful but elusive voice to their diverse visions,” the fest stated in an announcement.
In addition to holding a public dialog in Locarno, Rossellini may also current screenings of her self-directed net collection “Green Porno” (2008-09), by which she acts out animal mating rituals in costume with a superb deadpan tone comedian genius, in addition to a number of shorts that Rossellini has had a hand in.
“Isabella Rossellini is a true legend of contemporary cinema, a singular talent who has always fully embraced the thrill of artistic risk, reinvention and fearless creative transformation,” stated Locarno creative director Giona A. Nazzaro. “Joyfully unconventional, consistently brilliant in her characterizations and choices, Rossellini has made unpredictability her ultimate artistic signature.”
Nazzaro added, “The Locarno Film Festival is proud and honored to welcome Isabella Rossellini and award her the Excellence Award. She remains a visionary and incomparable performer and self-deprecating genius whose profound presence has left an indelible mark on contemporary cinema through her boundless talent and deep humanity.”
Earlier Locarno Excellence Award recipients embrace Susan Sarandon, John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Michel Piccoli, Anjelica Huston, Carmen Maura, Isabelle Huppert, Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Rampling Ethan Hawke, Mathieu Kassovitz, Edward Norton and Golshifteh Farahani.
The 79th version of the Locarno Movie Competition will run Aug. 5-15.
