Andrea Štaka lives in Zurich, Switzerland. She graduated from the MFA film program at the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK. Her films Hotel Belgrad and Yugodivas have brought her great recognition at film festivals such as Locarno and Sundance and have won several awards. Both films were nominated for Best Film at the Swiss Film Awards and theatrically released. Her first feature film Fraulein won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, the Heart of Sarajevo and the Swiss Film Award for Best Script. Her second feature film Cure – The Life of Another (2014) screened in competition at the Locarno Film Festival and was awarded at the Film festival Max Ophüls Preis among others. Mare (2020), her third feature film, won two awards at Sarajevo. She is a member of the European Film Academy.
Festival de Cine de Sevilla
