This is truly the festival season!
The much acclaimed Berlin International Film Festival is only a couple of months away and planning for it is underway!
Yesterday it was announced that actress Tilda Swinton is going to head the jury panel at the festival which starts on February 5th.
The director of the festival said in a statement: "I'm pleased that the wonderful Tilda Swinton will be our Jury President in 2009. Her commanding screen presence has made an indelible impression in contemporary, innovative film-making".
Tilda is really an exceptional actress and she's won numerous awards and is an active actress in even European movies.
The most recent award she won was at the 2008 Oscars for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Michael Clayton alongside George Clooney.