Rolando Colla

Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Cinematographer

Born in 1957 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Joint Swiss and Italian citizenship. Since 1978 lives and works in Zurich. Professional activities include screenwriting, acting and production management. Since 1983 screenwriter and director of commissioned films. 1984 Founds Peacock Film AG. 1985 Receives degree in German studies and Romance languages from the University of Zurich. Since 2002 Lecturer at the EICT (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television) in San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba. In 2003 he won the Prix Canal+, Clermont-Ferrand for EINSPRUCH III. SUMMER GAMES (2011) was nominated by Switzerland to run as an Oscar candidate in the category Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, and won the Swiss Film Prize «Quartz 2012», Best Fiction Film, best Cinematography and Best Screenplay. 2012 Special Jury Prize in Clermont-Ferrand, and nomination for the European Film Award 2012 for EINSPRUCH VI. His feature film WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ME (2019) won the First Prize at the Five Lakes Film Festival. The documentary OUT OF UGANDA (2023), co-directed with Josef Burri, received 2 international awards (in Milan and Chile). Colla's seventh feature film CHARLOTTE, ONE OF US will celebrate its world premiere at the Hanoi Film Festival in November 2024.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024
Charlotte, eine von uns by Rolando Colla
2023
Out of Uganda by Rolando Colla, Josef Burri
2023
Imagine Freedom by Rolando Colla
2022
Die Aufseherin und der Häftling – Liebesflucht aus dem Gefängnis by Rolando Colla
2020
W. – Was von der Lüge bleibt by Rolando Colla, Thomas Ott
2016
Sette giorni by Rolando Colla
2012
Einspruch VI by Rolando Colla
2012
Das bessere Leben ist anderswo by Rolando Colla
2011
Summer Games by Rolando Colla
2007
L'autre moitié by Rolando Colla
2007
Einspruch V by Rolando Colla
2007
Marameo by Rolando Colla
2004
Operazione Stradivari by Rolando Colla
2004
Einspruch IV by Rolando Colla
2002
Oltre il confine by Rolando Colla
2002
Einspruch III by Rolando Colla
2000
Einspruch II by Rolando Colla
1999
Einspruch I by Rolando Colla
1998
Le monde à l'envers by Rolando Colla
1993
Jagdzeit by Rolando Colla

Screenwriter

2024
Charlotte, eine von uns by Rolando Colla
2023
Out of Uganda by Rolando Colla, Josef Burri
2020
W. – Was von der Lüge bleibt by Rolando Colla, Thomas Ott
2019
Quello che non sai di me by Rolando Colla
2016
Sette giorni by Rolando Colla
2015
Unter der Haut by Claudia Lorenz
2014
Liebe und Zufall by Fredi M. Murer
2013
Claroscuro by Sandra Gomez
2012
Einspruch VI by Rolando Colla
2012
Das bessere Leben ist anderswo by Rolando Colla
2011
Summer Games by Rolando Colla
2007
Marameo by Rolando Colla
2007
Einspruch V by Rolando Colla
2007
L'autre moitié by Rolando Colla
2004
Operazione Stradivari by Rolando Colla
2004
Einspruch IV by Rolando Colla
2002
Oltre il confine by Rolando Colla
2002
Einspruch III by Rolando Colla
2000
Einspruch II by Rolando Colla
1999
Einspruch I by Rolando Colla
1998
Le monde à l'envers by Rolando Colla
1993
Jagdzeit by Rolando Colla

Cinematographer

2023
Out of Uganda by Rolando Colla, Josef Burri
2020
W. – Was von der Lüge bleibt by Rolando Colla, Thomas Ott
2012
Das bessere Leben ist anderswo by Rolando Colla
2004
Einspruch IV by Rolando Colla

Editor

2024
Charlotte, eine von uns by Rolando Colla
2023
Out of Uganda by Rolando Colla, Josef Burri
2020
W. – Was von der Lüge bleibt by Rolando Colla, Thomas Ott
2019
Quello che non sai di me by Rolando Colla
2016
Sette giorni by Rolando Colla
2013
Claroscuro by Sandra Gomez
2012
Das bessere Leben ist anderswo by Rolando Colla
2011
Summer Games by Rolando Colla
2004
Operazione Stradivari by Rolando Colla
1998
Le monde à l'envers by Rolando Colla

Awards

(a selection)

2012
Luzern, Swiss Film Award Quartz 2012, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Screenplay (Winner) in Summer Games
2012
UZ Art Week, Golden Guepard for Best Film Director (Winner) in Summer Games
2012
Fünf-Seen-Land, Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Drehbuchpreis (Winner) in Summer Games
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