The Kingdom

Julien
Colonna

Julien Colonna is a screenwriter, director and photographer.
After completing his Master’s degree in Social Sciences from Paris-IX Dauphine, Julien studied screenwriting and directed a number of shorts. One of these – CONFESSION, shot in the Bangkok slums – was screened at more than twenty festivals, receiving numerous awards.
Julien directed several films across the world in collaboration with a variety of international talent, including Australian actor Hugh Jackman, artist C.J. Hendry, and photographer Luo Yang, and in association with Dazed and Nowness.
His first feature screenplay, EQUINOXES, won the Télérama ‘Coup de coeur’ Sopadin Award.
His feature film directorial debut, LE ROYAUME, written with Jeanne Herry and produced by Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, 2024, in Un Certain Regard.

Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war erupts. The noose is tightening around them. Death strikes. Forced to go on the run, father and daughter will learn to face one another, to understand and love each other…