38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Daughter
Czech Republic
2019 Animation 15 min
A girl in a hospital room remembers the time she took a wounded bird to her father: a misunderstanding, a missed hug, and the years go by…
Screenplay : Daria Kashcheeva, Ivp Trajkov, Anna Vásová
Image : Daria Kashcheeva, Bargav Sridhar
Sound : Miroslav Chaloupka
Editing : Alexander Kashcheev
Production : FAMU, MAUR film
Distribution: FAMU - Faculté de cinéma et de télévision de l’Académie des arts du spectacle
Daria Kashcheeva was born in 1986 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. She studied animation at FAMU in Prague. Her student films were selected in numerous international festivals. Her film To Accept won the Nespresso Talents competition in Cannes in 2017. Daughter premiered at the International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, where it received the Cristal for Best Student Film. It also won the International Film Schools Student Academy Award in the Animation category.