The actor and film-maker Isabella Rossellini is to chair the jury for next year's Berlin film festival. Rossellini, who has appeared in movies such as David Lynch's Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart, debuted a self-penned short film by Guy Maddin, My Dad is 100 Years Old, at the event in 2005. Recently she shot and starred in a series of short films about animal sexual behaviour, Green Porno, for Robert Redford's Sundance Channel.

Rossellini's jury will be responsible for deciding the winner of next year's main prize, the Golden Bear for best film. The 58-year-old daughter of Italian film director Roberto Rossellini and Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman follows the German film-maker Werner Herzog, who took charge last year. No other members of the jury have yet been announced.

"It's fantastic that Isabella Rossellini will be the president of the Berlinale jury in 2011," said festival director Dieter Kosslick. "She is a multi-faceted, creative film artist with extensive experience in European, American and international cinema."

The 2011 Berlin film festival will run from 10 to 20 February.