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Pia Marais grew up in South Africa, Sweden and Spain. She studied Sculpture and Photography in London, Amsterdam and Düsseldorf before going on to study Film at the German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin. She made several shorts, including Loop (1996), Deranged (1998), Tricky People (1999), and 17 (2003). After several engagements in the film business as a casting director and assistant director, she made her feature debut with The Unpolished (Die Unerzogenen), which screened at many international film festivals and won various prizes, including the Tiger Award in 2007 in Rotterdam. Her second feature film At Ellen's Age (Im Alter von Ellen)was developed in the Résidence du Festival de Cannes.

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