Kolia Litscher

Kolia Litscher (born 1991) is a French actor.

Born to a Russian Swiss father and a French mother, he 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 Leonor 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 cinema 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" by Emmanuelle Bercot
* 2004: "Demi tarif" by Isild Le Besco
* 2006: "Charly" by Isild Le Besco

hort films

* 1991: "Place des Vosges" by Catherine Belkhodja
* 1998: "Le nombril du monde" by Emma de Caunes
* 1999: "Je voudrais faire du cinéma" by Michel Fehler
* 2000: "T'es où?" by Isild Le Besco
* 2003: "Brûlure indienne" by Joséphine Flasseur

Theatre

Kolia is the voice in:
* 2002:
**DENN BLEIBEN IST NIRGEND, directed by Hans-Peter Litscher. Akademietheater, Bayerische Staatsoper, Münchner Opern-festspiele, Munich.
**...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 Hans-Peter 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
* 2004: Special Jury Award at the European First Film Festival of Angers
* 2004: Procirep - Premiers Plans Award at Angers
* 2004: Special Jury Award at Seoul Festival
* 2004: Jury Award at the Crossing Europe Festival of Linz
* 2004: "Demi-tarif" nominated for Louis Delluc Award

(for "Charly")
* 2008: Best European film Award at the Crossing Europe Festival of Linz

External links

French websites

* [http://demitarif.lefilm.free.fr/film/fiche.htm] "Demi-tarif" review
* [http://dvdtoile.com/Filmographie.php?id=18650] Kolia's photos and posters
* [http://www.unifrance.org/perso/perso.asp?CommonUser=&langue=21004&perso=327117&activ=(55057)] Kolia’s presentation
* [http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne.html?cpersonne=30292] Allo-Ciné website
* [http://www.filmdeculte.com/news/news.php?id=2075] about "Charly"
* [http://www.tonguide.com/cinema/films_d_20.html] "Demi-tarif" poster
* [http://www.cahiersducinema.com/] article by Michel Frodon on "Demi-tarif"
* [http://www.cinemovies.fr/fiche_film.php?IDfilm=3265] "Demi-tarif" review
* [http://www.centroculturalefrancese.it/FRANCESE/cinemaprincipale.htm] website in Italian
* [http://www.lefilmfrancais.com/fiches_films/fiches/fevrier2004/Demitarif.htm] "Demi-tarif" review
* [http://www.forumdesimages.net/fr/seance.php?scc_id=2020] Forum des Images website

Austrian websites

* [http://www.crossingeurope.at/index.php?bereich=filme_anzeigen_2005.php&lang=de&filmid=11] Crossing Europe Festival website
* [http://www.film.at/demi_tarif/] "Demi-tarif"

American websites

* [http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/filmfest2.htm] website of French Consulate in Chicago

British websites

* [http://www.answers.com/topic/demi-tarif]
* [http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/demitarif.html]

Belgian websites

* [http://www.kutsite.com/festival/gent2004/demitarif.html] Gent festival website
* [http://www.cuttingedge.be/movies/isildlebesco/demitarif] "Demi-tarif" on website in Flemish

Japanese website

* [http://japan.unifrance.org/perso/perso.asp?CommonUser=&langue=21010&perso=327117] Unifrance website in Japan