Biography
Maria Mayland *1988, is a visual artist and filmmaker. She obtained her MFA from Basel’s Art Institute, class Chus Martíne. She took part in KKH Stockholm's postgraduate program Philosophy in the Context of Art, in the class of Peter Osborne. Her short film works have been shown in various contexts across Europe. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, IDFA Amsterdam, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, transmediale, Edinburgh Film Festival and Sharjah Film Platform. She won the German Short Film Award in 2022, the EMAF-Media Art Award of the German film critics association (VdFK) in 2021, and the award for the best entry in the NRW competition of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 2018 and in 2022. Mayland lives and works in Mannheim.