Daughter (2019 film)

Daughter
Directed by	Daria Kashcheeva
Written by	Daria Kashcheeva
Produced by	Zuzana Roháčová, Ondřej Šejnoha, Martin Vandas
Cinematography	Daria Kashcheeva
Edited by	Alexander Kashcheev
Music by	Petr Vrba
Production companies	FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, MAUR film
Distributed by	Miyu Distribution
Release date	12 June 2019 (2019-06-12)
Running time	15 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Budget	750,000 CZK[1]

Daughter (Czech: Dcera) is a 2019 Czech short animated drama film directed by Daria Kashcheeva. The film received 38 awards during half a year after its premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, including the Annecy Cristal for the best film in the graduation films category, and a Student Academy Award (Student Oscar). It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.^[2][3][4]

Plot

The film is told without words. It is about the complicated relationship of a young woman with her father.^[5] She meets with him in a hospital room where she remembers her childhood and complicated relationship with her father and how they parted ways until they meet again and finally reconcile.^[6]

Background

Daughter is the product of the director's longtime interest in psychology, relationships, and the lasting imprint of childhood experiences.^[7] The film tells a complicated story about the relationship between a father and his daughter. Kashcheeva invented hand held camera movement for her film, which was never used before in stop-motion.

Style

For Kashcheeva, part of the challenge of creating Daughter stemmed from her desire to bring a dirty, imperfect, documentary feel to a stop-motion world. The aesthetic she aimed for was inspired, in part, by Dogme 95 and films by the Dardenne brothers.

Awards

Year	Event	Award	Category	Result	Ref(s)
2019	46th Annual Student Academy Awards	Student Academy Awards	International Film Schools: Animation	Won	[8]
	Annecy International Animation Film Festival	Cristal for a Graduation Film		Won	[9]
		Junior Jury Award for a Graduation Film		Won
	Fantoche International Animation Film Festival	Best Film		Won	[10]
	Melbourne International Film Festival	City Post Award	Best Animation Short Film	Won	[11]
2020	2020 Sundance Film Festival	Jury Award	Best Short Film	Won	[12]
	27th Czech Lion Awards	Magnesie Award	Best Student Film	Won	[13]
	92nd Academy Awards	Academy Awards	Best Animated Short Film	Nominated	[14][15]

See also

• 2019 in film
• List of Czech animated films

References

1. "Nejvíce nominací na Oscara má Joker. Uspět může i Češka v kategorii výprava a animovaný film z FAMU". Hospodářské noviny (iHNed.cz) (in Czech). 13 January 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
2. "Intimní a intenzivní film Dcera je nominován na Oscara". Vltava (in Czech). 13 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
3. ""Hair Love" wins Best Animated Short Film-Oscars". YouTube.
4. "2020". Oscars.org.
5. Czech Film Center
6. "2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films: ANIMATED SHORTS". The Loft Cinema.
7. Grobar, Matt (2020-01-20). "How 'Daughter' Director Daria Kashcheeva Brought Documentary Aesthetic To Oscar-Nominated Stop-Motion Short". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
8. "Studentský Oscar opět v Česku. Dostal ho film Dcera". Seznamzpravy.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
9. "Česká animace uspěla ve světě. Prestižní festival ocenil dva filmy z FAMU". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 16 June 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
10. "Official desk". Amu.cz. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
11. Milligan, Mercedes (15 August 2019). "Student Oscar Finalist 'Daughter' Heralds the Next Czech Film Generation". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
12. "Film Dcera Darji Kaščejevové má cenu z festivalu Sundance". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
13. "Nominacím na Českého lva vládnou Vlastníci, Nabarvené ptáče a Staříci". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
14. "Here are the Oscar Short Subject Nominees for 2020". Short of the Week.
15. "Daughter has been nominated for an Oscar". Filmcenter.cz. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

External links

• Daughter at IMDb
• Daughter at CSFD.cz (in Czech)
• MUBI