Isabella Rossellini has received the Excellence Award at Locarno.
“The prize I’m receiving tonight is for excellence, which is something I haven’t heard very often,” she said during the opening ceremony.
“I’m very proud of it and, above all, so moved because my father received this back in 1948 for his film ‘Germany, Year Zero.’ And then, four years ago, my brother Renzo [Rossellini], who was a great producer of Fellini and Scola. Being on par with my father and my brother fills me with so much emotion.”
During her masterclass at the fest, Rossellini – who holds a master’s degree in Animal Behavior and Conservation – also opened up about her popular web series “Green Porno” and “Seduce Me,” about animal mating rituals.
“I know nothing about computers. I don’t speak that language, so I made these films the way I knew how: super low-tech. I watched a lot of [Georges] Méliès. It was a no-tech technique. Animals, to me, they fascinate me. I have a farm and when I decided to make films myself, they became my muses,” she said. In her new film, she will play all the roles. But she would like to concentrate on directing more in the future.
