Andrea Štaka
Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer
- Website
- www.okofilm.com
Born in 1973 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She graduated in 1998 with a degree in Film from ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). She received numerous awards for HOTEL BELGRAD (1998) and YUGODIVAS (2000). Her first feature film FRAULEIN (2006) won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival and the Heart of Sarajevo at the Sarajevo Film Festival, followed by the Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay in 2007. In 2007 she cofounded Okofilm Productions together with director and producer Thomas Imbach. Her second feature CURE – THE LIFE OF ANOTHER (2014) was awarded at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis among others. MARE (2020) is Štaka’s third feature film. She is a member of the European Film Academy.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2023
- Neumatt – Staffel 2 by Andrea Štaka, Christian Johannes Koch
- 2022
- Video Postcard from the Future by Bertrand Mandico, Annemarie Jacir, Nadav Lapid, Kantarama Gahigiri, Fredi M. Murer, Claire Simon, Alexsandr Sokurov, Andrea Štaka, Cyril Schäublin, Natalka Vorozhbyt, Kevin B. Lee
- 2020
- Mare by Andrea Štaka
- 2020
- My Mom, my Son and Me by Andrea Štaka
- 2014
- Cure – The Life Of Another by Andrea Štaka
- 2006
- Das Fräulein by Andrea Štaka
- 2000
- Yugodivas by Andrea Štaka
- 1998
- Hotel Belgrad by Andrea Štaka
- 1995
- Ruza by Andrea Štaka
Screenwriter
- 2026
- Ibicaba – Das Paradies in den Köpfen by Andrea Štaka
- 2020
- Mare by Andrea Štaka
- 2014
- Cure – The Life Of Another by Andrea Štaka
- 2013
- Mary Queen Of Scots by Thomas Imbach
- 2006
- Das Fräulein by Andrea Štaka
- 2000
- Yugodivas by Andrea Štaka
- 1998
- Hotel Belgrad by Andrea Štaka
Cinematographer
- 2020
- My Mom, my Son and Me by Andrea Štaka
Producer
- 2026
- Ibicaba – Das Paradies in den Köpfen by Andrea Štaka
- 2024
- Mother Mara by Mirjana Karanović
- 2024
- The Exposure by Thomas Imbach
- 2023
- Say God Bye by Thomas Imbach
- 2020
- Mare by Andrea Štaka
- 2020
- NEMESIS by Thomas Imbach
- 2018
- Glaubenberg by Thomas Imbach
- 2014
- Love Island by Jasmila Žbanic
- 2013
- Mary Queen Of Scots by Thomas Imbach
- 2011
- Day Is Done by Thomas Imbach
Awards
(a selection)
- 2021
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2021, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Nomination) in Mare
- 2007
- Solothurn, Swiss Film Award 2007, Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay (Winner) in Das Fräulein