Andrea taka graduated from the MFA film program at the Zurich University of the Arts. 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 in Switzerland. Her 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 taka founded Okofilm Productions in Zurich together with Thomas Imbach. Her second feature film CURE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER (2014) was awarded at the Max Ophls Film Festival. MARE (2020), her third feature film premiered at the 70. Berlinale Film Festival and won many awards. Andrea taka is a member of the European Film Academy