Rossellini is also presenting three new world premiere sea-based Green Porno short films, as well as a longer-form documentary concerning the mating habits of elephant seals in their currently threatened environment. Taking place in one of our Festival cinemas the presentation, Green Porno: Bon Appétit, will include an extensive on-stage discussion between Rossellini and marine biologist and conservationist Claudio Campagna. Their conversation will concern, according to Rossellini, “the importance of having collaborations between artists and scientists to create accessible pieces of art that can reach and educate a large audience; and marine-life conservation issues.” Expect something between an ecological seminar and a night with the Dr. Ruth of the sea. I guarantee that the Festival has never before experienced anything quite like this. —tiff.net
Isabella Rossellini was one of the twin daughters born to actress Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini in 1952. After growing up in Italy, she came to America when she was19 and studied at Finch College and the New School for Social Research. She then returned to Rome, where she worked as a translator and TV journalist (not unlike her New York-based half-sister Pia Lindström). Just for fun, Rossellini made her first movie appearance in 1976, playing a bit in her mother’s film A Matter of Time. She found acting to her liking, appearing in several European TV dramas before her first big-screen starring role in 1979’s The Meadow. In the early 1980s, Rossellini put her film activities on the back burner to concentrate on her modelling career on behalf of Lancome Cosmetics. After her first marriage (to Hollywood director Martin Scorsese) ended in 1983, she began a relationship with ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov, with whom she co-starred in White Nights… read more
