Nadja ANDRASEV

1978, Budapest

animation designer

She graduated from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in 2015. Her graduation film premiered at the Ciné- fondation Selection of the 69th Cannes International Film Festival, winning Joint 3rd Prize, then went on to screen at over 80 festivals, winning 15 awards, including the Best Animated Short at the Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival. Her film Symbiosis won the Award for Best Animated Short at the SXSW Film Festival in 2020, thus also receiving an Oscar qualification. Since then, the film has been selected for over 100 festivals, winning 24 awards, including three Audience Awards, the Zlatko Grgić Award for Best First Film at Animafest Zagreb and Best International Short at Riga International Film Festival. In 2021 it was also shortlisted for a César Award.