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Swiss film director and screenwriter
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Female
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(Lucerne)
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Biography
Introduction
Andrea Štaka is a Swiss film director best known for winning the Golden Leopard at the 59th Locarno International Film Festival in 2006 for her film, Das Fräulein.
Štaka was born in Lucerne in 1973. She attended the film and video department of the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich. She lives in Zürich and New York.
Filmography
- Cure - Život druge (Cure - The Life of Another), 2014, drama, 83 min.
- Das Fräulein, 2006, motion picture, 81min., 35mm. Golden Leopard, 2006 Locarno International Film Festival.
- Yugodivas, 2000, documentary, 60 min., 35mm. Quality Award, Swiss Federal Office of Culture.
- Hotel Belgrad, 1998, drama, 13 min., 35mm. Various awards including Best Director, Brooklyn International Film Festival, New York; Feature Award, Seh-Süchte Festival, Berlin; Grand Prix du Jury, Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, Poitiers.
- several video clips, 1992–1999