Green Porno / Isabella Rossellini (2015)

Isabella Rossellini and her critically acclaimed and provocative online and video series, Green Porno was screened within our Cinema Caravan as part of AND Festival 2015.

The series featured Rossellini as she acts out the reproductive habits of marine animals and insects, both scientifically accurate yet extremely entertaining. “The secret to Green Porno is that they allow of us to laugh but they also communicate true scientific information,”said Rossellini. “Because of what I learned in doing research for this series I felt strongly that there needed to be an added environmental element to really inform people how delicate the futures of these creatures are.”

Within the first season that comprises of eight short films, Rossellini enacts the mating rituals of various insects and other animals (including the dragonfly, spider, bee, praying mantis, earthworm, snail and housefly) with cardboard cut-outs and foam-rubber sculptures. Season two is then devoted to marine life, with season three focusing on ocean life threatened by commercial fishing.

About Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian neorealist film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet (1986) and Death Becomes Her (1992). Rossellini also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in Crime of the Century (1996).

Green Porno was produced by Isabella Rossellini, Jody Shapiro and Rick Gilbert in association with Sundance Channel. The series was conceived, written by and features Rossellini. The films were directed by Rossellini and Shapiro.