{{short description|German filmmaker (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Mascha Schilinski | image = MKr377335 Mascha Schilinski (In die Sonne schauen, Cannes 2025).jpg | caption = Schilinski at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984}} | birth_place = West Berlin, West Germany | occupation = {{hlist|Director|screenwriter}} | education = {{Plainlist| * {{ill|Filmschule Hamburg Berlin|de}} * Film Academy Baden-Württemberg }} | years_active = 2008–present | spouse = Fabian Gamper | children = 1 }} '''Mascha Schilinski''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmaʃa ʃiˈlɪnski}}; born 1984)<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunkel |first=Bettina |title=Berliner Regisseurin Schilinski konkurriert um die Goldene Palme |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/programm-cannes-festival-100.html |website=Tagesschau |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=de |date=10 April 2025}}</ref> is a German film director and screenwriter. Her second feature film, ''Sound of Falling'' (2025), won the Jury Prize at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
==Early life== Schilinski was born in West Berlin to a German filmmaker mother and a French construction worker father.<ref name="Geißler-2025">{{cite web |last=Geißler |first=Cornelia |title=Mascha Schilinski: Unsere Frau in Cannes |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/kino-streaming/berlinerin-triumphiert-in-cannes-filmemacherin-mascha-schilinski-folgt-auf-konrad-wolf-li.2327961 |website=Berliner Zeitung |access-date=14 September 2025 |language=de |date=25 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Stosch |first=Stefan |title=Filmfestival von Cannes: Stars von Tom Cruise bis Scarlett Johansson |url=https://www.lvz.de/kultur/filmfestival-von-cannes-stars-von-tom-cruise-bis-scarlett-johansson-E6GOUCXHEZE7RCFBVIQYPEKKU4.html |website=Leipziger Volkszeitung |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=de |date=10 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="Stosch-2025">{{cite web |last=Stosch |first=Stefan |title="So viel Glück muss man erst mal verkraften" |url=https://www.rnd.de/kultur/so-viel-glueck-muss-man-erst-mal-verkraften-UAQNIEOEYZALBFKB6MQ55W2LUQ.html |website=RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=de |date=9 May 2025}}</ref> She was a child actor in her youth.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dege |first=Stefan |title=A German in the Cannes competition: Mascha Schilinski |url=https://www.dw.com/en/a-german-director-in-the-cannes-competition-mascha-schilinski/a-72539251 |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=14 May 2025 |date=14 May 2025}}</ref> After dropping out of high school, she worked for a traveling circus before pursuing film.<ref name="Kunze-2025">{{cite web |last=Kunze |first=Ines |title=Die Unbekannte in Cannes: Wer ist Newcomer-Regisseurin Mascha Schilinski? |url=https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/film-und-serie/berliner-regisseurin-mascha-schilinski-nominierung-cannes-filmfestival-100.html |website=Südwestrundfunk |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=de |date=13 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="Wise-2025">{{cite web |last=Wise |first=Damon |title=Cannes One To Watch: German Filmmaker Mascha Schilinski Talks Buzz Movie 'Sound Of Falling', Which Was Snapped Up Early By Cannes & MK2 As A Bold New Voice |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/sound-of-falling-director-mascha-schilinskis-interview-1236391034/ |website=Deadline |access-date=14 May 2025 |date=14 May 2025}}</ref> She graduated from the screenwriting program at the {{ill|Filmschule Hamburg Berlin|de}} in 2008, and later studied directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.<ref name="Geißler-2025" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Plavec |first=Jan Georg |title=Soundtracks aus Stuttgart: Katze folgt auf Kickers |url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.soundtracks-aus-stuttgart-katze-folgt-auf-kickers.c4b84b26-2adb-43ee-8d47-49d6d9c2009b.html |website=Stuttgarter Zeitung |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=de |date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Schilinski began her career as a casting director and freelance writer.<ref name="Kunze-2025" /><ref name="Angermaier-2025">{{cite web |last=Angermaier |first=Heike |title=Palmen-Aspirantin Mascha Schilinski: "Ein Film über ein Jahrhundert Leben" |url=https://www.blickpunktfilm.de/en/kino/deutscher-wettbewerbsbeitrag-palmen-aspirantin-mascha-schilinski-ein-film-ueber-ein-jahrhundert-leben-ba29da3a11e4866417402bd0ffd7410f |url-access=registration |website={{ill|Blickpunkt:Film|de}} |access-date=8 May 2025 |language=de |date=7 May 2025}}</ref> Her first feature film, ''{{ill|Die Tochter (2017)|lt=Dark Blue Girl|de}}'', premiered at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the GWFF Best First Feature Award.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stern |first=Lukas |title=Berlinale 2017: Generation Y bei Perspektive Deutsches Kino |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-generation-y-bei-perspektive-deutsches-kino-a-1134848.html |website=Der Spiegel |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=de |date=17 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Maurus |first=Kim |title=Mama oder ich |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/familiendrama-mama-oder-ich-1.3982273 |website=Süddeutsche Zeitung |access-date=12 April 2025 |language=de |date=16 May 2018}}</ref> Her second feature film, ''Sound of Falling'', was screened in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |title=Buzzy Cannes Competition Film 'Sound Of Falling' Boarded By Mk2 Films; Movie "Signals An Exceptional New Voice" |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/cannes-competition-film-sound-of-falling-mk2-films-1236365397/ |website=Deadline |access-date=12 April 2025 |date=10 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |title=Cannes Awards: Jafar Panahi Vindicated With Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident,' Marking Sixth Consecutive Cannes Win for Neon |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-2025-palme-dor-prizes-awards-1236409258/ |website=Variety |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=24 May 2025}}</ref> It was later selected as the German entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, though it was not nominated.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ntim |first=Zac |title=Oscars: Germany Submits Mascha Schilinski's 'Sound Of Falling' For Best International Feature Film Race |url=https://deadline.com/2025/08/oscars-germany-mascha-schilinski-sound-of-falling-1236493973/ |website=Deadline |access-date=21 August 2025 |date=21 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |title=Germany Selects Mascha Schilinski's 'Sound of Falling' as Oscar Entry |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/germany-mascha-schilinski-sound-of-falling-oscar-1236494927/ |website=Variety |access-date=21 August 2025 |date=21 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |title=Oscars: Germany Selects Mascha Schilinski's 'Sound of Falling' as Best Int'l Feature Film Submission |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-germany-mascha-schilinski-sound-of-falling-film-1236350003/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=21 August 2025 |date=21 August 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Schilinski's husband, Fabian Gamper, is a cinematographer.<ref name="Wise-2025" /> They have one child.<ref name="Stosch-2025" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Nicodemus |first=Katja |title=Mascha Schilinski: Wir haben einen neuen Star |url=https://www.zeit.de/2025/23/mascha-schilinski-regisseurin-filmfestspiele-cannes-preis-in-die-sonne-schauen |website=Die Zeit |access-date=13 August 2025 |language=de |date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
==Filmography== [[File:Mascha Schilinski at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 01.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Schilinski holding the Jury Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival]] ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! width="195" | Title ! width="65" | Director ! width="65" | Writer ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2012 | ''Wir müssen los!'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Short film; co-directed with Roman Schikorsky | rowspan="3" | <ref name="Pavard-2025">{{cite web |last=Pavard |first=Charlotte |title=Sound of Falling, the crossroads of lives |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2025/sound-of-falling-the-crossroads-of-lives/ |website=Festival de Cannes |access-date=14 May 2025 |date=14 May 2025}}</ref> |- | 2014 | ''Das Gefühl'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Short film |- | 2015 | ''Die Katze'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Short film |- | 2017 | ''{{ill|Die Tochter (2017)|lt=Dark Blue Girl|de}}'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Wiesner |first=Maria |title=Wie gut ist Mascha Schilinskis Filmdebüt "Die Tochter"? |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien-und-film/kino/wie-gut-ist-mascha-schilinskis-filmdebuet-die-tochter-110494904.html |url-access=subscription |website=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |access-date=14 September 2025 |language=de |date=23 May 2025}}</ref> |- | 2025 | ''Sound of Falling'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Co-written with Louise Peter | <ref>{{cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |title=Cannes Lines Up Another Hot Festival With Wes Anderson, Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Ari Aster Premieres (Full List) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-2025-film-festival-selection-lineup-1236183130/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=12 April 2025 |date=10 April 2025}}</ref> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! width="195" | Title ! width="65" | Director ! width="65" | Writer ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2019–2020 | ''Cologne P.D.'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | 2 episodes | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Pilarczyk |first1=Hannah |title=Die Geheimnisse ganzer Generationen |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/in-die-sonne-schauen-von-mascha-schilinski-die-geheimnisse-ganzer-generationen-a-3cc71fcc-cc4b-4fde-9f46-f3574067a40d |url-access=subscription |website=Der Spiegel |access-date=14 September 2025 |language=de |date=21 August 2025}}</ref> |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Award ! Year ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result ! class="unsortable" | {{Refh}} |- ! scope="row" | Berlin International Film Festival | 2017 | GWFF Best First Feature Award | ''{{ill|Die Tochter (2017)|lt=Dark Blue Girl|de}}'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Schultze |first=Thomas |title=Goldener Bär für "On Body and Soul" |url=https://www.blickpunktfilm.de/festival/goldener-baer-fuer-on-body-and-soul-807f80d92734e2b50297564fb37289b6 |url-access=registration |website={{ill|Blickpunkt:Film|de}} |access-date=25 May 2025 |language=de |date=18 February 2017}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Cannes Film Festival | rowspan="2" | 2025 | Palme d'Or | rowspan="2" | ''Sound of Falling'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |title=Jafar Panahi Wins Cannes Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-cannes-film-festival-palme-dor-winners-1236228268/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=24 May 2025}}</ref> |- | Jury Prize | {{won}} |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" | European Film Awards | rowspan="3" | 2026 | European Film | rowspan="3" | ''Sound of Falling'' | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=November 18, 2025 |title=Nominations for the 2026 European Film Awards Unveiled |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/european-film-award-nominations-2026-1236429513/ |access-date=November 19, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | European Director | {{nom}} |- | European Screenwriter | {{nom}} |- ! scope="row" | Jerusalem Film Festival | 2025 | Best Director | ''Sound of Falling'' | {{partial|Special mention}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |title=Jerusalem Film Festival Winners: Israeli Anti-War Film 'Oxygen' & 'The Secret Agent' Take Best Film Prizes |url=https://deadline.com/2025/07/jerusalem-2025-winners-oxygen-secret-agent-the-sea-1236468485/ |website=Deadline |access-date=14 September 2025 |date=25 July 2025}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | LA Film Festival | 2017 | World Fiction Award | ''{{ill|Die Tochter (2017)|lt=Dark Blue Girl|de}}'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |title=Los Angeles Film Festival Unveils 2017 Lineup |url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/los-angeles-film-festival-2017-lineup-movie-list-1202087690/ |website=Deadline |access-date=25 May 2025 |date=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |title=Los Angeles Film Festival Unveils Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/los-angeles-film-festival-2017-winners-list-1016123/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=25 May 2025 |date=22 June 2017}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Melbourne International Film Festival | 2025 | Bright Horizons Competition | ''Sound of Falling'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Ward |first=Sarah |title='A Poet' Wins MIFF's 2025 Bright Horizons Competition |url=https://au.variety.com/2025/film/news/miff-award-winners-2025-26811/ |website=Variety Australia |access-date=15 September 2025 |date=23 August 2025}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | Red Rock Film Festival | 2017 | Best Fiction Feature | ''{{ill|Die Tochter (2017)|lt=Dark Blue Girl|de}}'' | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |last=Marxteyn |first=Matt |title=Red Rock Film Festival presents Films from M.A.R.S. Winners Showcase in Cedar City |url=https://suindependent.com/red-rock-film-festival-films-from-mars-cedar-city/ |website=The Independent Southern Utah |access-date=25 May 2025 |date=12 April 2018}}</ref> |}
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