Daria Kashcheeva

{{Short description|Tajikistani-born Czech director (born 1986)}} [[File:Daria Kashcheeva (2024).jpg|thumb|Kashcheeva in February 2024 with the 2023 Czech Film Critics' Award in category "Best short film" for her film ''Electra'']] '''Daria Kascheeva''' (born 1 April 1986)<ref name="fp">{{cite web |title=Daria Kashcheeva |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/en/person/105636 |website=Filmový přehled |publisher=The National Film Archive |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> is a Tajikistani-born Czech animator.<ref name=judlac>Martin Kudláč, [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/445953/ "Daria Kashcheeva transforms a female odyssey into the surreal short Electra"]. ''Cineuropa'', 7 May 2023.</ref> She is most noted for her 2019 film ''Daughter'', which was an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.<ref>Matt Grobar, [https://deadline.com/2020/01/dcera-daughter-director-daria-kashcheeva-oscars-animated-short-interview-1202836194/ "How ‘Daughter’ Director Daria Kashcheeva Brought Documentary Aesthetic To Oscar-Nominated Stop-Motion Short"]. ''Deadline Hollywood'', 20 January 2020.</ref>

Kashcheeva's 2023 film ''Electra'' premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=judlac/> It was later screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best International Short Film.<ref>Christian Zilko, [https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/2023-toronto-international-film-festival-full-winners-list-1234906438/ "American Fiction’ Wins People’s Choice Award at 2023 TIFF (Complete Winners List)"]. ''IndieWire'', September 17, 2023.</ref>

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