Langella, Hunter & Rossellini Lead Key International Film Fests in '10-'11

Variety reports that theater vets Frank Langella, Isabella Rossellini, and Holly Hunter will play key roles in three international film festivals this year and next.  Langella, a three-time Tony Award Winner will lead the Zurich Film Fest, which runs from September 23 - October 3, 2010; Holly Hunter will be a jury member on the Stockholm International Film Fest. panel from November 11 - November 21; while Isabella Rossellini will serve as the head of the Berlin International Film Fest. in 2011.

Langella has been honored with three Tony Awards for his roles in Frost/Nixon (in which he starred on screen, as well), Seascape and Fortune's Fool.  He has additionally starred on Broadway in Dracula, Passion, Sherlock's Last Case, The Father (Drama Desk Award), Match (Tony nomination), Hurlyburly, and Design for Living, amonst many others. He will next be seen in Oliver Stone's Wall Street 2.

Holly Hunter has appeared on Broadway in The Play That I Wrote, The Wake of Jamey Foster and Crimes of the Heart. Her films include Raising Arizona, Broadcast News, Always, and The Piano for which she won several acting awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actress. She also starred in the cable television series Saving Grace.

Isabella Rossollini is best known in the theater world for her work in Terrence McNally's The Stendahl Syndrome off-Broadway. Rossellini received a 1987 Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her role in Blue Velvet. In 1997 she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for her role in Crime of the Century and an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the television series Chicago Hope.

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