Andrea Štaka is a

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film director and screenwriter, best known for winning the

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at the 59th

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in 2006 for her film, ''

Das Fräulein ''Das Fräulein'' or ''Fräulein'' was directed by Swiss filmmaker Andrea Štaka in 2006, and won seven awards, including ''Golden Leopard'' at Locarno Festival. Plot Ruza (Mirjana Karanović) a Serb, left Belgrade more than 25 years ago to s ...

''. Štaka was born in

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in 1973. She attended the Foundation Course in Media Studies al London College of Printing, then enrolled at the film and video department of the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich (1993–98). Her graduation work, a short film '' Hotel Belgrad'', received wide acclaim and won several awards. Her first feature film ''

'' explored a very personal topic — lives of three generations of

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n women trying to build a life in Switzerland, each haunted with dramas of the past. For this movie, she received ''

'' at

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and was immediately included into the circle of leading Swiss filmmakers. Her 2020 feature film ''Mare'' starring

Marija Škaričić Marija Škaričić (born 6 August 1977) is a Croatian actress. Biography Marija Škaričić was born on August 6, 1977 in Split. She ended Primary and Secondary school in Split. As a high school student, she attended ''Gradsko kazalište mla ...

was screened at numerous film festivals and won Best Film award at Festival de Cine de Europa Central y Oriental AL ESTE in Bogota, CICAE award at Sarajevo Film Festival, and Prix de Soleure at Solothurner Filmtage. For her role, Škaričić was awarded with Best Actress Prize at Sarajevo Film Festival and Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé. Štaka acted as producer of the film ''Glaubenberg'' (2018) directed by Thomas Imbach.

Filmography

* several video clips, 1992–1999 * '' Hotel Belgrad'', 1998, drama, 13 min., 35mm. Various awards including Best Director,

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, New York; Feature Award, Seh-Süchte Festival, Berlin; Grand Prix du Jury, Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, Poitiers. * '' Yugodivas'', 2000, documentary, 60 min., 35mm. Quality Award, Swiss Federal Office of Culture. * ''

'', 2006, motion picture, 81min., 35mm. Golden Leopard, 2006 Locarno International Film Festival. * '' Cure - Život druge'' (''Cure - The Life of Another''), 2014, drama, 83 min. * ''Mare'', 2020, drama, 84 min.

References

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External links

Biography at dschointventschr.ch

Biography at swissfilms.ch

Video interview on the making of ''Das Fräulein''

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