MASCHA SCHILINSKI
DIRECTOR/WRITER
Mascha Schilinski is a writer and director born in Berlin.
She completed the "Drehbuch-Masterclass" at the Filmschule Hamburg and worked as a writer. Schilinksi then began her film directing studies at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Her award-winning medium-length film “Die Katze”/“The Cat” was made in her second year of study. In her third year of study, she directed her feature film “Die Tochter” /“Dark Blue Girl”. The film premiered at the Berlinale 2017 and was nominated for the GWFF Award - Best First Feature. “Die Tochter”/“Dark Blue Girl” screened at more than forty festivals worldwide and won several international awards.
In 2023, she and her co-writer Louise Peter won the Thomas Strittmatter Award for their screenplay “Sound of Falling”/”In die Sonne schauen”.
”Sound of Falling”/“In die Sonne schauen” won the Jury Prize in the main competition lineup of the 78th Cannes International Film Festival.
Mascha Schilinski is represented by Patricia Barona.
SOUND OF FALLING
COMING UP
”Sound of Falling”/“In die Sonne schauen” will be released in German cinemas on 28th of August this year.
VARIA
Mascha Schilinski’s VARIA contribution is in the works. Come back soon to learn more.