Isabella Rossellini will be honored with the Excellence Award at the Locarno Film Festival, the Swiss event announced. The festival, which runs August 5 to 15, says the award recognizes film personalities who help shape contemporary cinema. Rossellini is described across outlets as an acclaimed figure for her artistic daring and technical or craft excellence. Her recent credits referenced by the reporting include Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” (2023) and Edward Berger’s “Conclave” (2024), the latter of which is noted for earning her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. Locarno’s recognition is framed as a tribute to her ongoing impact on film, while details of how the award is positioned within the festival’s programming emphasize her broader influence as an established actor and filmmaker. The announcements also note that the Excellence Award has previously been given to prominent actors and filmmakers, including Susan Sarandon, John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Michel Piccoli, Anjelica Huston, Carmen Maura, Isabelle Huppert, and Golshifteh Farahani in 2025.