An Oscar-nominated animated short from Daria Kashcheeva, Daughter is the product of the director’s longtime interest in psychology, relationships, and the lasting imprint of childhood experiences. …
is the product of the director’s longtime interest in psychology, relationships, and the lasting imprint of childhood experiences.
Examining the bond between a father and his daughter—which has frayed over the years due to miscommunication—Kashcheeva wrote the short after reflecting on her own childhood, as well as aspects to the experience of growing up that she considers universal. “I remembered moments when I needed something from my parents and they didn’t have time. I went to my room and I was insulted, thinking, Oh, if I died, they would cry. Very strange things,” the director says.
After this experience, Kashcheeva decided to commit herself to the craft. Enrolling at FAMU, a film school in Prague, she eventually would make as her graduation film. “It was quite an uncomfortable time in the beginning, because we left our work in Russia, our friends. We came to [the Czech Republic] and didn’t know people and the culture—no money, no work,” the director reflects. “But now, I’m really happy that I dared to try this.
Made over the course of a year and a half, Kashcheeva’s short was embraced in the end by film festivals all around the world. Finding new confidence in her vision as an artist with’s Oscar nomination, the filmmaker is currently enrolled in a master’s program at FAMU, and already has her next project in mind. “I’m going to make a short film, but also not so short. It’s going to be maybe 20 minutes. I don’t know,” she shares.
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