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5 days ago
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- DW
German filmmaker Mascha Schilinski wins Jury Prize at Cannes – DW – 05/26/2025
Nine years after Maren Ade's "Toni Erdmann," a German filmmaker is in the Cannes competition. Mascha Schilinski has won the Jury Prize with "Sound of Falling." "I was afraid I'd misheard," said the 41-year-old director and screenwriter Mascha Schilinski when her film was named Jury Prize winner at the Cannes International Film Festival. "It was kind of a surreal moment — simply wonderful." Ahead of the festival, the filmmaker said that she was "insanely happy" to have her film "Sound of Falling" selected in the main competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival. " It's a filmmaker's dream!" German directors at Cannes have been, as the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung noted sardonically, "at times harder to find than a decent lunch for less than €20." This year, the country was also represented by Fatih Akin, whose historical film "Amrum" screened out of competition, and Christian Petzold, whose feature "Mirrors No. 3" was selected for the Directors' Fortnight, an independent sidebar at the Cannes festival. But Schilinski was the only German director with a film in the main competition, the first since Maren Ade caused a stir at the 2016 festival with "Toni Erdmann." Portrait of four generations "Sound of Falling" is set on a farm in a small village in northeastern Germany. It follows the lives of four generations of women living on the farm, interweaving their stories by jumping back and forth among the different timelines until the lines between them blur. What starts as a portrait of four generations becomes a sweeping depiction of a century. "As we went through the rooms of the farmhouse, we could sense the centuries," said Schilinski. "It brought up a question I've had since childhood." She explained that as a little girl growing up in a prewar apartment building in Berlin, she often wondered, "What happened between these walls in the past? Who has sat right in the spot where I'm now sitting? What fates played out here? What did the people who lived here experience and feel?" Her film is an attempt to imagine answers to those questions. 'Sound of Falling' focuses on four generations of women to depict a century of history Image: Neue Visionen Filmverleih 'Sound of Falling' focuses on female gaze As with Schilinski's 2017 debut film, "Dark Blue Girl," a psychodrama about a complicated family dynamic, this latest work focuses on a female perspective, relating events from the points of view of women. Schilinski said the female gaze was very important to her and co-writer Louise Peter because it's so rare in films. "The film is very much about gazes, the gazes that women have been exposed to over the course of a century, how it feels today and also how it's carried on and burned into the body," the director explained. The female gaze in 'Sound of Falling' Image: Neue Visionen Filmverleih Schilinski's career path seems to have almost been predestined: Her mother is a filmmaker who took her along on film shoots, and she started acting for film and television while still at school. Then she did film business internships, worked as a casting agent, traveled through Europe and worked as a magician and fire dancer for a small traveling circus. After studying screenwriting at the Hamburg Film School, she settled in Berlin and began working as a freelance screenwriter for film and television. Schilinski attracted some attention when "Dark Blue Girl" was screened at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, and her career is likely to get a further boost with the Jury Prize for her latest film in Cannes. "Sound of Falling" is due for release in German cinemas on September 11. This article was originally written in German. It was updated on May 26 to reflect Mascha Schilinski's win of the Jury Prize.
News18
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Cannes 2025 Winners: Jafar Panahi, Mascha Schilinski & Oliver Laxe Rule The Night I N18G
The 78th edition of the Cannes film festival ended on a high note on Saturday. From Bollywood celebs spreading glam, to Hollywood celebs fighting it out on the red carpet, Cannes 2025 saw a variety of emotions on display. However, it was the winners who stole the biggest limelight. Right from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or win, to Mascha Schilinski's Jury Prize win, Cannes once again celebrated the best in global cinema. Watch this video for all the details. bollywood news | entertainment news live | latest bollywood news | bollywood | news18 | n18oc_moviesLiked the video? Please press the thumbs up icon and leave a comment. Subscribe to Showsha YouTube channel and never miss a video: / showshaindia Follow Showsha on Instagram: / showsha_ Follow Showsha on Facebook: / showsha Follow Showsha on X: Showsha on Snapchat: / 6yeotzey More entertainment and lifestyle news and updates on:
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Business Standard
6 days ago
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- Business Standard
Cannes 2025: Jafar Panahi wins Palme d'Or award; check full list of winners
The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival wrapped up on Saturday with Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi clinching the Palme d'Or for his political drama 'It Was Just an Accident'. The victory marks a milestone for Panahi, who has faced a decades-long ban on filmmaking and travel restrictions imposed by the Iranian government. Panahi's film follows a group of former political prisoners grappling with past traumas. His presence at the festival was hailed as a powerful statement on artistic freedom and resilience. "For a filmmaker, every award is a delight. A lot of work has gone into winning this award. At one point, I had so many different images running through my mind. I was thinking about all the faces of my friends who were in prison with me. At that time, we were in prison, but the Iranian people were out on the streets fighting for freedom. Right then, I told myself that I was glad for them," said Panahi. The festival's Grand Prix was awarded to Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value', while the Jury Prize was shared between Oliver Laxe's 'Sirât' and Mascha Schilinski's 'Sound of Falling'. Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho bagged the Best Director award for 'The Secret Agent', which also earned Wagner Moura the Best Actor prize. Nadia Melliti was named Best Actress for her role in 'The Little Sister'. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne took home the Best Screenplay award for 'Young Mothers', while Bi Gan's 'Resurrection' received the Special Jury Prize. In the Un Certain Regard section, the top prize went to Diego Céspedes for 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo'. Simón Mesa Soto's 'A Poet' earned the Jury Prize, and Tarzan and Arab Nasser were recognised as Best Directors for 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza'. The Caméra d'Or for Best First Feature went to Hasan Hadi's 'The President's Cake', and Tawfeek Barhom's 'I'm Glad You're Dead Now' claimed the Short Film Palme d'Or. The festival also honoured Robert De Niro and Denzel Washington with honorary Palme d'Or awards for their contributions to cinema. The jury, led by French actor Juliette Binoche, described the selection this year as "bold and politically charged", noting that the festival reaffirmed cinema's power to provoke and inspire. Cannes 2025: Full list of winners Feature Films Palme d'Or UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT Director: Jafar Panahi Grand Prix AFFEKSJONSVERDI (Sentimental Value) Director: Joachim Trier Joint Jury Prize SIRT Director: Oliver Laxe SOUND OF FALLING Director: Mascha Schilinski Best Director Kleber Mendonça Filho for O AGENTE SECRETO (The Secret Agent) Best Screenplay Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne for JEUNES MÈRES Best Performance by an Actress Nadia Melliti in LA PETITE DERNIÈRE directed by Hafsia Herzi Best Performance by an Actor Special Award KUANG YE SHI DAI (Resurrection) Short Films Palme d'Or I'M GLAD YOU'RE DEAD NOW Director: Tawfeek Barhom Special Mention ALI Director: Adnan Al Rajeev Un Certain Regard Un Certain Regard Prize LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo) Director: Diego Céspedes (1st film) Jury Prize UN POETA (A Poet) Director: Simón Mesa Soto Best Directing Arab and Tarzan Nasser for Once Upon a Time in Gaza Best Actor Frank Dillane in Urchin directed by Harris Dickinson Best Actress Cleo Diára in O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) directed by Pedro Pinho Best Screenplay PILLION Writer: Harry Lighton (1st film) Caméra d'Or Caméra d'Or Prize THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE Director: Hasan Hadi (Directors' Fortnight) Special Mention MY FATHER'S SHADOW Director: Akinola Davies Jr (Un Certain Regard) La Cinef First Prize FIRST SUMMER Director: Heo Gayoung (KAFA, South Korea) Second Prize 12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY Director: Qu Zhizheng (Beijing Film Academy, China) Joint Third Prize GINGER BOY Director: Miki Tanaka (ENBU Seminar, Japan) WINTER IN MARCH
France 24
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- France 24
Cannes 2025: 'It Was Just an Accident' by Iran's Jafar Panahi wins Palme d'Or
Over the years, Iran's dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi has mastered the art of defying film bans and smuggling his work out to foreign festivals – once on a USB stick hidden inside a cake. This time, the dissident filmmaker returned to Cannes in person to pick up cinema's most prestigious award, a richly deserved Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident', his latest indictment of state oppression in Iran. A punchy political thriller, it marked Panahi's first trip to the French Riviera gathering since 2003 due to repeated prison terms and travel bans. 10:45 The second-place Grand Prix went to Norwegian director Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value', a moving tale about a quietly fractured family starring Renate Reinsve and Elle Fanning, which was a darling of the press. Another critics' favourite, Oliver Laxe's techno-infused road movie 'Sirat', about a father and son joining a group of itinerant ravers in the deserts of Morocco, took a joint Jury Prize with Mascha Schilinski's 'Sound of Falling', about four generations of girls who spend their youth on the same farm in Germany. Best Director went to Kleber Mendonça Filho's 'The Secret Agent', a stylish thriller about an academic on the run in the cruel days of Brazil's 1970s military dictatorship, by the Cannes veteran who won the Jury Prize six years ago for 'Bacurau'. 'The Secret Agent' was twice rewarded with the Best Actor prize going to Wagner Moura, while striking newcomer Nadia Melliti took Best Actress for her turn as a French-Algerian teen struggling to reconcile her cultural identity with her emerging sexuality in Hafsia Herzi's competition debut 'The Little Sister'. The Dardenne brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc won the Best Screenplay award for their deeply moving drama 'Young Mothers'. Set in a shelter for teen mothers, it follows five young women as they navigate the challenges of early motherhood, amid drug addiction, depression and tense encounters with prospective adoptive parents. It market the Belgian duo's 10th time in competition in Cannes, 26 years after they won their first of two Palme d'Or awards for 'Rosetta'. Screening in the Directors' Fortnight, which runs parallel to the festival, Hasan Hadi's 'The President's Cake', set in Saddam Hussein 's Iraq, won the Camera d'Or for the best debut feature. Cinema publication Deadline said it was 'head and shoulders above' some of the films in the running for the Palme d'Or, and 'could turn out to be Iraq's first nominee for an Oscar'. In shadow of war Saturday's closing ceremony capped a tumultuous day in Cannes that saw a major power outrage briefly halt screenings and leave a stretch of the French Riviera without electricity. 'It's the beginning of the end,' declared a hair salon customer somewhat cinematically, curlers still clinging to her hair, as residents and festivalgoers spilled into the streets and switched-off traffic lights brought road chaos. In the gargantuan Palais des Festivals, however, the screenings soon resumed as power generators got the world's biggest and glitziest film festival back into action, wrapping up a 78th edition that was described as the most political in decades. The ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip was a frequent talking point during the festival, which opened with a tribute to Fatma Hassona. The 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist is the subject of 'Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk', a documentary recording her efforts to capture the destruction in Gaza before she was killed in an Israeli strike last month. There was no shortage of off-screen politics throughout the festival as film stars took turns in rubbishing US President Donald Trump and his threats to slap crippling tariffs on foreign films, which threw a wet blanket over the all-important Cannes Film Market. Screen legend Robert De Niro set the tone on the opening night with a blistering attack on America's 'philistine' president, urging the industry to join the 'fight for democracy' as he picked up a career Palme d'Or. French cinema's belated reckoning with widespread sex abuse in the industry was another hot topic in the early stages of the festival, which opened the same day Gérard Depardieu was convicted of groping two women on a film set and handed a suspended jail term. While a ban on red-carpet nudity prompted accusations of policing women's dress, organisers' decision to bar a French actor from a gala premiere over rape allegations was seen as a radical change of stance for a festival that previously only paid lip service to the #MeToo movement.
Gulf Weekly
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Weekly
All good things
Bahraini author Nada Fardan's latest children's book has hit the shelves this month, highlighting the idea that something good can only be built on strong, noble foundations, writes Melissa Nazareth. The 25-page Arabic story Manba'a Al-Jood ('source of bounty') was unveiled at the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival, staged at Sharjah Institute for Heritage, from April 23 to May 4. The cultural event featured workshops, interactive shows, and renowned authors, among other activities, inspiring children and developing their love for reading. 'Manba'a Al-Jood (available on tells the story of a young farmer who rests beneath the shade of a large tree after a long, tiring day, and as he begins to admire the leaves for the comfort they provide, his father – an old and wise man – initiates a conversation to teach him an important lesson,' the 39-year-old told GulfWeekly. 'This tree would never have grown so strong and beautiful if it hadn't come from a good seed. Their philosophical exchange reflects the idea that all good things must have strong, virtuous origins,' she added. Coinciding with the book release, the Sanad resident won the Jury Prize for her 2023 release Shampoo Al-shoor Al-ajeeb ('the amazing shampoo of feelings') at the seventh edition of the Sharjah Gulf Women Creativity Awards. Other titles by the architect-turned-full-time-author include Faris wa drou'oh Al-asher ('Faris and his 10 Armours'), Faris fi zaman Al-goos ('Faris in the Pearling Age'), Ebtisamet Shamoosa ('Sunny Smile'), Hamama Nodi ('Nodi the dove') and, recently, her first English story One Trunk Away. 'I keep my imagination alive – vivid and attuned to what children need in order to grow,' she explained, describing her creative process and how she thinks of ideas for her books. 'Writing for children is a beautiful journey. Often, I feel like a cloud laden with rain, burdened by thoughts and words that must pour forth as stories before I can find peace once more.'
