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The daughter of director Roberto Rossellini and actress
Ingrid Bergman burst into the limelight in 1986, playing Dorothy
Vallens in David Lynch's cult hit "Blue Velvet".
Rossellini, 62, also starred in Taylor Hackford's "White
Lights", "Tough Guys Don't Dance" by Norman Mailer and Abel
Ferrara's "The Funeral".
"Isabella Rossellini will award the 'Un Certain Regard Prize'
and meet the winners on Saturday 23rd of May, on the eve of the
closing ceremony," a statement from the festival, which opens on
May 13 in the French Riviera resort, said.
The shortlist for "Un Certain Regard", which tends to promote
younger directors, will be announced Thursday along with the
selections for the official competition.
Last year's "Un Certain Regard" prize was awarded to "White
God", a film by Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo about a pack
of dogs terrorizing the Hungarian capital Budapest.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Michael Roddy and Andrew
Heavens)
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