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David C Mahler is a filmmaker and comic artist
based in the Netherlands Education
2022 - 2023 - Master of Animation, AKV|St. Joost, Master Institute of Visual Culture, Avans University of Applied Sciences 2012 - 2014 - Bachelor of Film and Television - Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne Selected Screenings 2022 Cosmic Odyssey - official selection, 7th Siding Festival of Film, BC, Canada Cosmic Odyssey - in competition, Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival, NSW, Australia 2020 Splendor Solis REDUX - official selection, Esoteric Festival Bush Cinema, Victoria, Australia 2019 Salvation Comes - official selection, Asia Web Awards; nominated best screenplay action & horror, best creator action & horror, best director action & horror, best actress action & horror (Francesca Waters), best horror & experimental Salvation Comes - official selection, Berlin Underground Film Festival Salvation Comes - official selection, New Jersey WebFest; nominated best ensemble cast One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - official selection, Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada; nominated best screenplay Salvation Comes - official selection, Seoul WebFest; WINNER best horror, nominated best supporting actress (Francesca Waters), best supporting actor (Lee Mason) Salvation Comes - official selection, Sicily WebFest Salvation Comes - official selection, Web Series Festival Global Salvation Comes - official selection, Côte d'Azur WebFest Salvation Comes - official selection, Apulia WebFest Salvation Comes - finalist, Rome Independent Prisma Awards 2018 One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - Finalist, NCCC Film and Animation Festival, Sanborn, NY, USA One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - Semi-Finalist, Los Angeles CineFest, Los Angeles, USA One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - official selection, Animation Marathon, Athens, Greece One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - official selection, South Texas Underground Film Festival, Texas, USA One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - official selection, Retransmisión Film Festival, Mexico One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - official selection, Watford Short Film Festival, Hertfordshire, UK One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - official selection, Unknown Film Festival, Yekaterinberg, Russia One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home - official selection, Diversions International Short Film Festival, Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia 2016 Climax - official selection, Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2015 Dig A Little Deeper - official selection, Chinese American Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA Splendor Solis - official selection, Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada Splendor Solis - official selection, Unreal Film Festical, Tennessee, USA Splendor Solis - shortlisted for Best Young Filmmaker, Carona Fastnet Short Film Festival, Schull, Ireland Solo and group exhibitions 2021 Mural - Completed two murals for Sydney Road Association's 'Festive Art on Windows' '21, Melbourne, Australia 2020 Mural - Sydney Road Association's 'Art on Windows' '20, Melbourne, Australia 2019 Mural - Sydney Road Association's 'Art on Windows' '19, Melbourne, Australia Cosmic Waves I - Adelaide Festival Centre; public projection, Adelaide, SA, Australia Cosmic Echo - Digital Graffiti 2019; public projection, Alys Beach, Florida Cosmic Echo - Adelaide Festival Centre; public projection, Adelaide, SA, Australia Cosmic Echo, Cosmic Waves I-III - Moonlight Bush Cinema, Esoteric Festival; art film and projection art screening, VIC, Australia Portrait of Hans - Adelaide Festival Centre; public projection, Adelaide, SA, Australia 2018 Mural - Sydney Road Association's 'Art on Windows' '18, Melbourne, Australia Mural - Legacy Berlin Hall of Fame, Berlin, Germany Mural - The Black Book Studio, Singapore Expression; Repression - Beyond the Rainbow: Pride Art 2018; two paintings in group exhibition of LGBT+ artists curated by Jimmy Twin, presented by Clifford Chance and J. P. Morgan, Sydney, NSW, Australia Desert Painting Drum - One Night Only Video Art Project, BlackCat Gallery; projection installation in group exhibition, curated by Pimpisa Tinpalit, Melbourne, VIC, Australia m4m - 20 YO Fit Caucasian - seeking reward - Men on Men at The Laird; painting in group exhibition of art by queer artists, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Flinders St; Manhole, Collins Street; Hamer Hall - Connections: Stories of the Melbourne Landscape; three paintings in group exhibition curated by Manda Jean and Samuel Emery, Tree Paper, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Cosmic Ocean - solo painting and projection art exhibition, BlackCat Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia The Secret Ingredient - Tree Paper Opening Exhibition; risograph print in group exhibition curated by Samuel Emery, Tree Paper, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2017 Selected as one of six artists to participate in the annual Signal Screen Arts Commission, City of Melbourne Cosmic Echo - Signal Arts Space; site specific four-channel public projection - part of the Signal Screen Arts Commission 2017, Melbourne, VIC Australia Cosmic Waves - Gertrude Street Projection Festival ‘ArtBox Video Jam’; projection installation in group exhibition, curated by Tim Dolan, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Live Painting - 'Infinity and Beyond', Railway Hotel, Melbourne, Australia Panorama 2 - Reality - Kyoto, 2016 (Japan, Switzerland, Morocco, China, Australia) - North Carlton Canteen; experimental film screening, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2015 Spaces_Places - Travel Sketches by David C Mahler 2008-2015 - Brunswick Art Space; solo drawing exhibition, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Published works include The Secret Ingredient, Deep Park and Junior Catharsis, through Pikitia Press and Tree Paper Comics
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