2024
Wet Hot Chameleon Summer
- super-short animation featured as a 'Shot' on Frederator's Cartoon Hangover Youtube channel
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Produced, directed, animated : David Mahler
2023
PEP Talk
- animation for the play Jadaïsme by Simon Speelman
Excerpt from a TED Talk-style animation made for the stage play 'Jadaïsme', performed at Concertzall Tilburg in 2023.
Play writer, director : Simon Speelman
Animator, animation director, producer : David Mahler
Play writer, director : Simon Speelman
Animator, animation director, producer : David Mahler
Let's! Revolution!
- animated video game trailer, with BUCK Amsterdam
Created as part of an animation masters
Layouts and backgrounds : David Mahler
Background colouring : Shiue-Jen Chang
Animation : Eva Bonnevitz, Cecil Eijgendaal, Shiue-Jen Chang
Storyboards : Lena Ziyal
Layouts and backgrounds : David Mahler
Background colouring : Shiue-Jen Chang
Animation : Eva Bonnevitz, Cecil Eijgendaal, Shiue-Jen Chang
Storyboards : Lena Ziyal
The Bird Song
- animated super-short
2022
Cosmic Odyssey
- hybrid animated short film combining practical macro effects and digital animation
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The glowing Celestial Plankton are drawn to one another across the cosmos, forming funnels of consciousness which fill a newborn's void.
A symphonic art film - the final production in the Cosmic Anthology series of artworks and films (2016-2022) - inspired by equal parts Fantasia and 2001: A Space Odyssey, with a foundation in the Buddhist appreciation of the six elements.
Thank you to Kristen, Hac, Chris Webb, Susan and Peter Mahler, and the Myer Foundation. This film couldn't have been made without the support of a Myer Foundation National Assistance Program for the Arts grant.
Official Selection:
Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival 2022, in competition - NSW, Australia
7th Siding Festival of Film 2022 - BC, Canada
Future Vision Festival 2022/23 - Tokyo, Japan (Dec), Amsterdam, Netherlands (Jan)
A symphonic art film - the final production in the Cosmic Anthology series of artworks and films (2016-2022) - inspired by equal parts Fantasia and 2001: A Space Odyssey, with a foundation in the Buddhist appreciation of the six elements.
Thank you to Kristen, Hac, Chris Webb, Susan and Peter Mahler, and the Myer Foundation. This film couldn't have been made without the support of a Myer Foundation National Assistance Program for the Arts grant.
Official Selection:
Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival 2022, in competition - NSW, Australia
7th Siding Festival of Film 2022 - BC, Canada
Future Vision Festival 2022/23 - Tokyo, Japan (Dec), Amsterdam, Netherlands (Jan)
2019
Doug Hoyer - Hive Mind
- live action music video co-produced with Intothehole Productions, Hong Kong
Director : David Mahler
Producers : Carmen Hau, Intothehole Productions
Cinematography : Tong Woon Lam
Performer : Cool Gaia
Costume design : Leung Sum Yee
Record label : Mangled Tapes
Producers : Carmen Hau, Intothehole Productions
Cinematography : Tong Woon Lam
Performer : Cool Gaia
Costume design : Leung Sum Yee
Record label : Mangled Tapes
DozyBoy - Welcome Back
- live action music video co-produced with Honk Kong Local
Featuring
最後多謝 Vito Kung , Daniel Chok, Jerry Yip, Allen Leung, DCM, DozyBoy演出
Director : David C Mahler
Camera : Allen Leung
Music : DozyBoy
Music mastered : Kemikal kris @Xabitat
Crew manager : Jerry Yip
Special thanks: Ryan Ng, Vito Kung, Daniel Chok, kemikalkris
最後多謝 Vito Kung , Daniel Chok, Jerry Yip, Allen Leung, DCM, DozyBoy演出
Director : David C Mahler
Camera : Allen Leung
Music : DozyBoy
Music mastered : Kemikal kris @Xabitat
Crew manager : Jerry Yip
Special thanks: Ryan Ng, Vito Kung, Daniel Chok, kemikalkris
Salvation Comes
- 3-part live action horror/thriller webseries
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Three members of a cult go about their lives in an empty mansion with seemingly no purpose. One morning a curious box arrives, containing a letter and an object which spark a paranoid descent into the nature of human connection and the power of unfounded belief. Dynamics form and collapse as the three individuals struggle to understand what is wanted of them, and what the ultimate purpose of the mysterious object may be.
A three part webseries starring Rachael Besselink, Francesca Waters and Lee Mason
Produced, directed and written : David Mahler
Co-produced : Mark Day
Winner:
Best Director in an Action or Horror - David Mahler - Asia Web Awards 2019
Best Horror - Seoul WebFest, August 2019
Finalist:
Rome Independent Prisma Awards, March 2019
Nominated:
Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Horror - Seoul WebFest, August 2019
Best Ensemble - New Jersey WebFest, September 2019
Best Screenplay Action or Horror, Best Creator Action or Horror (David Mahler), Best Director Action or Horror (David Mahler), Best Actress Action or Horror (Francesca Waters), Best Horror & Experimental - Asia Web Awards, December 2019
Official Selection:
Rome Independent Prisma Awards, March 2019
Apulia WebFest, May 2019
Côte d'Azur WebFest, May 2019
Web Series Festival Global, August 2019
Sicily WebFest, August 2019
Seoul WebFest, August 2019
New Jersey WebFest, September 2019
Berlin Underground Film Festival, December 2019
Asia Web Awards, December 2019
A three part webseries starring Rachael Besselink, Francesca Waters and Lee Mason
Produced, directed and written : David Mahler
Co-produced : Mark Day
Winner:
Best Director in an Action or Horror - David Mahler - Asia Web Awards 2019
Best Horror - Seoul WebFest, August 2019
Finalist:
Rome Independent Prisma Awards, March 2019
Nominated:
Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Horror - Seoul WebFest, August 2019
Best Ensemble - New Jersey WebFest, September 2019
Best Screenplay Action or Horror, Best Creator Action or Horror (David Mahler), Best Director Action or Horror (David Mahler), Best Actress Action or Horror (Francesca Waters), Best Horror & Experimental - Asia Web Awards, December 2019
Official Selection:
Rome Independent Prisma Awards, March 2019
Apulia WebFest, May 2019
Côte d'Azur WebFest, May 2019
Web Series Festival Global, August 2019
Sicily WebFest, August 2019
Seoul WebFest, August 2019
New Jersey WebFest, September 2019
Berlin Underground Film Festival, December 2019
Asia Web Awards, December 2019
2018
Charlie Copper & Lords of Lard - I Think I Have Frostbite
- hybrid music video combining live action, miniatures and digital animation
A cosmonaut gets sucked through a wormhole and is possessed by a life force-gobbling sentient star. An experimental music video years in the making, featuring miniature models and trippy rotoscope animation.
Cosmonaut : Arjuna
Thank you to : Quinn, Lee
Directed, produced and animated : David Mahler
Cosmonaut : Arjuna
Thank you to : Quinn, Lee
Directed, produced and animated : David Mahler
Save Campbell Arcade
- investigative documentary commissioned by Sticky Institute
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Save Campbell Arcade showcases how community action and resistance can make impactful changes. In 2017 the Australian government-supported Metro Tunnel Project presented plans to demolish protected architecture and spaces in the Melbourne CBD, to make way for new underground passageways. As tenants of the heritage-listed Campbell Arcade were being served notices of eviction, Sticky Institute stalwart Luke You commissioned Melbourne filmmaker David Mahler to interview business owners, politicians and City of Melbourne officials.
The result; the Project were pressured to significantly revise their plans, ensuring the protection of Campbell Arcade.
Directed, produced and edited : David Mahler
The result; the Project were pressured to significantly revise their plans, ensuring the protection of Campbell Arcade.
Directed, produced and edited : David Mahler
One Day My Waste Will Consume My Home
- pencil rotoscope animated short film
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An artist secludes himself in a shed, determined to lead a hermetic life of loneliness in order to find inspiration for his questionable art. A tongue-in-cheek look at the creative process, and the obsession which leads so many artists down the path of madness - in the end are you really creating a masterpiece, or simply slapping your sh*t around a canvas?
Finalist:
NCCC Film & Animation Festival
Semi-Finalist:
Los Angeles CineFest
Official Selection:
Diversions International Short Film Festival, Croatia
Unknown Film Festival, Russia
Watford Short Film Festival, UK
Retransmisión, Mexico
Animation Marathon, Athens, Greece
South Texas Underground Film Festival, TX, USA
Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada - nominated best screenplay
Directed, produced and animated : David Mahler
Trumpet melodies : Fabian Acuna
Finalist:
NCCC Film & Animation Festival
Semi-Finalist:
Los Angeles CineFest
Official Selection:
Diversions International Short Film Festival, Croatia
Unknown Film Festival, Russia
Watford Short Film Festival, UK
Retransmisión, Mexico
Animation Marathon, Athens, Greece
South Texas Underground Film Festival, TX, USA
Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada - nominated best screenplay
Directed, produced and animated : David Mahler
Trumpet melodies : Fabian Acuna
2017
Cosmic Echo
- animated projection piece commissioned by SIGNAL Art Space, City of Melbourne
In 2017 I took part in the City of Melbourne's SIGNAL Screen Arts commission with nine other emerging artists. A two-channel projection artwork was developed over a half-year residency, and the final piece was screened at the Signal Art Space and a few other Australian venues before debuting internationally at the 2019 Digital Graffiti Festival in Alys Beach, Florida.
Projection artist Yandell Walton spearheaded the program, and I was grateful to have animator and artist Freya Pitt as my personal mentor.
Projection artist Yandell Walton spearheaded the program, and I was grateful to have animator and artist Freya Pitt as my personal mentor.
Cosmic Waves I - III
- triptych of animated art films
Cosmic Waves I screened as part of the Art Box Video Jam program at the 2017 Gertrude Street Projection Festival and a few other events before Adelaide Festival Centre curator Seb Calabretto picked it up for display on the Centre's public screens in 2019.
2015 and earlier
Ying Li and the Ballet
- profile of the Suzhou Ballet Theatre, and artistic directors Ying Li and Jiabin Pan
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'We think now, the arts are global. It doesn’t just belong to West or East. We need to make things together, to make new arts in this generation.' - Ying Li
Ying Li introduces us to the Suzhou Ballet Theatre company as they prepare for a production of Coppélia; a look into the group’s history, past performances, visions for the future, and ethos on dance as art.
Special thanks to Suzhou Ballet Theatre 特别鸣谢，苏州芭蕾舞团
艺术总监: 李莹、潘家斌 Artistic Director: Ying Li, Jiabin Pan Featuring: Shangguan Yuting, XingWei, LiaoNing, Cui Saiwa, Zhang Bingni, Zhou Qiran, Zhao Xu, He Jiani, Sun Xi, Shen Jinyu, Shen Yue, Jin Xin, Zhu Yili, Wang Xiaoxuan, Wang yuting, Hu Yang, Ren Chenxu, Xu Hang, Xue Li, Wu Xu, Du Haotian, Xu Zhenrui, Chen Zhuo, Qian Bin, Zhong Chongjia, Wang Zimu, Dong Jiahao
Directed and edited : David Mahler
Translation : Tao Jia
Ying Li introduces us to the Suzhou Ballet Theatre company as they prepare for a production of Coppélia; a look into the group’s history, past performances, visions for the future, and ethos on dance as art.
Special thanks to Suzhou Ballet Theatre 特别鸣谢，苏州芭蕾舞团
艺术总监: 李莹、潘家斌 Artistic Director: Ying Li, Jiabin Pan Featuring: Shangguan Yuting, XingWei, LiaoNing, Cui Saiwa, Zhang Bingni, Zhou Qiran, Zhao Xu, He Jiani, Sun Xi, Shen Jinyu, Shen Yue, Jin Xin, Zhu Yili, Wang Xiaoxuan, Wang yuting, Hu Yang, Ren Chenxu, Xu Hang, Xue Li, Wu Xu, Du Haotian, Xu Zhenrui, Chen Zhuo, Qian Bin, Zhong Chongjia, Wang Zimu, Dong Jiahao
Directed and edited : David Mahler
Translation : Tao Jia
Dig a Little Deeper
- feminist documentary created during the 2014 Looking Suzhou residency in China
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Seven young women from Suzhou discuss their positions and roles as women in modern China, the history of women's rights in their country, and their hopes for their future, as we follow Pearl going about her daily routine in the cultural capital city of Suzhou.
These images and unfiltered voices offer us an honest view into the mentality of a commonly misconceived demographic. By revealing the steadfast nature of these young women we break down the notion of a repressed people and reveal the strong feminist mentality present in modern day China.
Featuring : Pearl
Written and directed : David Mahler
Produced : Wang Yutong
Official Selection:
Chinese American Film Festival, LA - 2014
These images and unfiltered voices offer us an honest view into the mentality of a commonly misconceived demographic. By revealing the steadfast nature of these young women we break down the notion of a repressed people and reveal the strong feminist mentality present in modern day China.
Featuring : Pearl
Written and directed : David Mahler
Produced : Wang Yutong
Official Selection:
Chinese American Film Festival, LA - 2014
Splendor Solis
- BFA Film and TV graduation film
For my Victorian College of the Arts/University of Melbourne graduation project way back in 2014 I tackled an ambitious sci-fi/fantasy production, making use of all the incredible resources our university had to offer.
At the peak of our nearly week-long shoot we had a total crew of around 30 and a cast of 18. We mounted a crowdfunding campaign on the Australian platform Pozible during pre-production and in the end we raised over AU$14,000 which meant that even after hiring new costumiers and set builders we could compensate all of our crew appropriately.
It was an immense challenge and I'm so proud of what our team accomplished!
At the peak of our nearly week-long shoot we had a total crew of around 30 and a cast of 18. We mounted a crowdfunding campaign on the Australian platform Pozible during pre-production and in the end we raised over AU$14,000 which meant that even after hiring new costumiers and set builders we could compensate all of our crew appropriately.
It was an immense challenge and I'm so proud of what our team accomplished!
Francolin - Suddenly Painlessly
- hybrid animated music video for Melbourne band Francolin, co-directed and animated with Lee Lai
E*Klipse tha Champloo - I'm Raw
- animated music video for US rapper, additional character designs and animation by Soft Science
Firefly Effect - All the Jokes Are On Me
- hand-painted music video for Norwegian band Firefly Effect
Ephemera
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