The Italian-American actress and director Isabella Rossellini will be the President of the Jury for the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. She is one of the most renowned actresses in international cinema. Over the past years, she has also become a distinguished producer and director 

Following the Palme d'Or success of the WCF film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, now two WCF-funded films will also screen at the Venice Film Festival: Post Mortem, by Chilean director Pablo Larrain will be shown in the Competition section. The Dominican film Jean Gentil, by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas will screen in the section Orizzonti 

As a film, theatre and opera director, artist Christoph Schlingensief belonged to the most renowned and creative personalities of the German cultural scene. His radical works provocatively challenged politics and society. Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick commented: "We have lost an extraordinary person, filmmaker and political artist. Schlingensief acted out of a deep moral conviction. With his art he fought passionately against deportation, racism and human rights violations" 

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Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick has been awarded the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the Opening Ceremony of the 16th Sarajevo Film Festival on 23rd July. He received the honorary prize in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the appreciation of the Southeast European film and his everlasting support of the Sarajevo Film Festival, the Sarajevo Talent Campus in particular.

A comprehensive assortment of new merchandising products with the famous bear on it was produced for the Berlinale 2010. After the festival a selection of products can still be ordered through the online shop