Kolia Litscher

Born to a Russian Swiss father and a French mother, Kolia Litscher could not escape following in his parents’ footsteps. As a baby, he was already “on stage” in his cradle as his father, play director Hans-Peter Litscher and his actress mother Catherine Belkhodja were performing all over Germany. His three sisters Maïwenn Le Besco, [[Isild Le Besco and Léonor Graser are also in the acting, scriptwriting - film directing and producing business. So is his brother Jowan Le Besco, an actor, scriptwriter - director and chief cameraman . The last child in a family of five, Kolia was marked from birth by the cinéma and contemporary art . His mother Catherine was just completing a film with Chris Marker at the Beaubourg museum , when a sudden scream by painter Matta startled her into labour. She managed to reach hospital just in time to give birth to Kolia. This “first role” was soon to be followed by his participation in Place des Vosges, a film in which he was barely a toddler. He later played in short films by Emma de Caunes, Michel Fehler, Joséphine Flasseur and Emmanuelle Bercot, then went on to play one of the characters in Isild Le Besco’s Demi - tarif, a film that was to be selected for over fifty film festivals and was widely acclaimed by film critics. In Isild Le Besco’s second film Charly, to be released on 12th September 2007, he plays Nicolas, a teenager in revolt, with Julie-Marie Parmentier as his partner: the young boy, placed in care, is so fascinated by a postcard of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, that he runs away to try and get to his dream. Hitchhiking his way to the suburbs of Nantes, he meets Charly, a young girl living in a caravan who survives by prostituting herself.

Filmography

Feature films

• 1996 : La Puce byEmmanuelle Bercot
• 2004 : Demi tarif byIsild Le Besco
• 2006 : Charly by Isild Le Besco (to be released on12th September 2007)

Short films

• 1991 : Place des Vosges byCatherine Belkhodja
• 1998  : Le nombril du monde by Emma de Caunes
• 1999 : Je voudrais faire du cinéma by Michel Fehler
• 2000 : T'es où? byIsild Le Besco
• 2003 : Brûlure indienne byJoséphine Flasseur

Theatre

Kolia is the voice in:

• 2002:
  • DENN BLEIBEN IST NIRGEND, directed by Hans-Peter Litscher. Akademietheatre, Bayezische, Staatsoper, Münchneiz Opern-festspiele, Münich.
  • ...UND DANN VERSCHWAND ALLES LICHT, an evening with texts from Antonoin Artaud, directed by Hans Peter Litscher. Kasino Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria.
• 2003 in Switzerland:
  • DIE DREI ENTFERNTE COUSINEN after Chekhov’s “The three sisters”, directed by Hans Peter Litscher. Neumarkt Theater Zürich.
  • CAUSERIE SUR LE THEME DU TRAITRE ET DU HEROS, directed by H.P. Litscher. Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg.
  • CIRCULUS VITIOSUS, directed by Hans-Peter Litscher. Zürich Festival.

Awards

(for Demi-Tarif )

• 2000: Award for best Junior script at the Paris Film Festival for Demi-tarif
• 2004 : Special Jury Award for Demi-tarif at the European First Film Festival of Angers
• 2004: Procirep - Premiers Plans Award for Demi-tarif at Angers
• 2004 : Special Jury Award for Demi-tarif at Seoul Festival
• 2004: Jury Award for Demi-tarif at the Crossing Europe Festival of Linz
• 2004 : Demi-tarif nominated for Louis Delluc Award

Links

French websites

[1] for demi tarifs’ review [2] for Kolia's photos and posters [3] for Kolia’s presentation [4] Allo-Ciné website [5] about Charly [6] Demi-tarif poster [7] for an article by Michel Frodon on Demi-tarif [8] for Demi-tarif review [9]website in Italian [10] for Demi-tarif review [11] Forum des Images website

Austrian websites

[12] Crossing Europe Festival website [13] for Demi-tarif

American websites

[14] website of French Consulate in Chicago

British websites

[15] [16]

Belgian websites

[17] Gent festival website [18] for Demi-tarif on website in Flemish

Japanese website

[19] Unifrance website in Japan

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Catégorie:Acteur français Catégorie:Naissance en 1991