Isabella Rossellini has been commissioned by The Sundance Channel to shoot a second batch of Green Porno, the short film series she conceived, wrote and co-directed. Originally commissioned by Sundance Channel, the Green Porno series premiered at the Sundance and Berlin festivals earlier this year.
In the first series, Rossellini explored and, more memorably, enacted the sex life of a variety of insects and invertebrates, including the fly, the spider, the earthworm and praying mantis. The new series of eight short films will feature the mating habits of marine animals, including the shrimp, squid, anchovy, barnacle, limpet, starfish, elephant seal, angler fish and Right whale.
Canadian filmmaker Jody Shapiro will co-direct the new films with Rossellini. The two of them will produce the films alongside Rick Gilbert in association with Sundance Channel. Fremantle Media Enterprises will handle international sales for internet, mobile and television platforms beginning spring 2009.
As with the first series of films, the new titles will combine scientific accuracy with humour. However, the new pieces are designed to raise audience awareness to the environmental devastation wrought by human consumption and use of the sea.
Said Rossellini in a statement, 'The secret to Green Porno is that they allow all of us to laugh but they also communicate true scientific information. 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.'
Two of the films are described as experimental in nature. They will include a mix of animation and live documentary footage with interactive elements. The films will premiere on sundancechannel.com in April 2009.
In the first series, Rossellini explored and, more memorably, enacted the sex life of a variety of insects and invertebrates, including the fly, the spider, the earthworm and praying mantis. The new series of eight short films will feature the mating habits of marine animals, including the shrimp, squid, anchovy, barnacle, limpet, starfish, elephant seal, angler fish and Right whale.
Canadian filmmaker Jody Shapiro will co-direct the new films with Rossellini. The two of them will produce the films alongside Rick Gilbert in association with Sundance Channel. Fremantle Media Enterprises will handle international sales for internet, mobile and television platforms beginning spring 2009.
As with the first series of films, the new titles will combine scientific accuracy with humour. However, the new pieces are designed to raise audience awareness to the environmental devastation wrought by human consumption and use of the sea.
Said Rossellini in a statement, 'The secret to Green Porno is that they allow all of us to laugh but they also communicate true scientific information. 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.'
Two of the films are described as experimental in nature. They will include a mix of animation and live documentary footage with interactive elements. The films will premiere on sundancechannel.com in April 2009.
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