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

2026
Ibicaba – Das Paradies in den Köpfen by Andrea Štaka
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
2025
The Exposure by Thomas Imbach
2024
Mother Mara by Mirjana Karanović
2024
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
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