Sundance Channel Signs Isabella Rossellini for New Shorts

NEW YORK, December 19: Sundance Channel has commissioned
Isabella Rossellini to create five additional short films for her series titled
Green Porno, which will roll out on
mobile devices and online in spring 2008.

The five additional shorts bring the total number of films
in Rossellini’s Green Porno series to
eight. Sundance Channel had initially funded three earlier pieces, which have
recently been selected to premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. A
selection of Rossellini’s Green Porno shorts will also debut at the 2008 Berlin international Film Festival.
Once they make their digital premiere in spring 2008, the Green Porno shorts will air as interstitials on Sundance
Channel.

Green Porno is a
series of short films conceived, written by and featuring Rossellini about the
sex life of insects and various creatures. Meant to be shown individually or as
a series, the Green Porno films
are a comical but insightful study of the curious ways certain creatures
"make love." Their graphic look was specifically conceived for
smaller screens such as cellular phones, computers and various mobile devices.

The first three pieces are directed by Rossellini; the five
new ones are directed by Rossellini and Jody Shapiro. They are produced by
Rossellini, Shapiro and Rick Gilbert in association with Sundance Channel.
Maximum Films International will sell all rights outside of the U.S.

Laura Michalchyshyn, the executive VP of programming and
creative affairs at the Sundance Channel, said: "Isabella’s playful and
humorous approach to this material makes these films extremely inventive, a lot
of fun and very artful. This is perfect ‘green’ short-form content for Sundance
Channel to spread across multiple platform offerings."

—By Irene Lew