Rolando Colla
Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Cinematographer
- Website
- www.peacock.ch/PEOPLE/ROLANDO
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)
- UZ Art Week, Golden Guepard for Best Film Director (Winner) in Summer Games
- Fünf-Seen-Land, Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Drehbuchpreis (Winner) in Summer Games
- 2012
- Luzern, Swiss Film Award Quartz 2012, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Screenplay (Winner) in Summer Games