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. Andrea Štaka’s 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. In 2007 Andrea Štaka founded Okofilm Productions in Zurich together with director and producer Thomas Imbach and produced and co-produced films like DAY IS DONE, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, MY BROTHER MY LOVE and LOVE ISLAND by Jasmila Žbanić. 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), Štaka’s third feature film, premiered in the Offical Selection of the Berlinale 2020 (Panorama). It won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress 2020, Best Film 2020 at Al Este Film Festival, Prix de Soleure 2021 among others and was nominated for Best Film and Best Script 2021 at the Swiss Film Awards. Andrea is a member of the European Film Academy.