BERLIN (AFP) — Isabella Rossellini will unveil a collection of short films about the sex lives of insects at the 58th Berlin Film Festival in February, organisers said Tuesday.
The 55-year-old actress will premiere "Green Porno", a series she directed and co-produced as "quickies" for mobile phones and mobile video players, in the Berlinale's sidebar Forum section, the festival said.
"Rossellini sets off on colourfully costumed expeditions into the microcosm," it said in a statement.
"Disguised as a male insect -- as a firefly, dragonfly and spider -- she investigates the illuminating question: How do the insects do it?"
Also screening in the Forum is "My Winnipeg" by Canadian director Guy Maddin, which the festival called "an autobiographical fairy tale that cleverly combines documentary footage with reenactments, family photos and excerpts from old films."
Maddin, one of Canada's most idiosyncratic filmmakers, will narrate the movie himself at the premiere, speaking on stage while the film plays on screen.
Rossellini, a frequent collaborator of Maddin's, will run outtakes from "Green Porno" ahead of screenings of "My Winnipeg" during the festival.
They appeared at the last Berlinale to screen "My Dad Is 100 Years Old", a tribute to Rossellini's father, the legendary filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.
The Berlinale, which ranks among Europe's top three film festivals, will run February 7-17.
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