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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.
Yahoo
6 days ago
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‘Sound of Falling' First Look: Mascha Schilinski's Cannes Premiere Is an Ode to the Generational Ghosts of Girlhood — Watch
Mascha Schilinski, despite having helmed 'The Daughter' while in grad school, is making a statement: Her true feature film debut is upcoming Cannes release 'Sound of Falling,' which already has critics deeming Schilinski as the next voice of atmospheric female angst. 'Sound of Falling' will premiere in competition at Cannes, with mk2 handling sales. The film centers on four generations of girls — Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka — who each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. The evolution across a century of which each family member considers to be home during their respective teen years is threaded by uncanny parallelisms that lead to the question: Can memories can be inherited, repeated, and ultimately, relived? More from IndieWire AMC Will Soon Offer Half-Off Pricing on Wednesdays, but Other Theaters Won't Follow Suit Just Yet Max Is Becoming HBO Max (Again) Schilinski cowrote the film with Louise Peter after spending a summer on a once-abandoned farm in the Altmark region between Berlin and Hamburg, where the film was later set. The duo found an old photograph on the property, showing three women looking directly into the camera. As Schilinski said in a press note for 'Sound of Falling,' the image inspired the premise of the film. '[It was as though] these women were breaking the fourth wall and looking directly at us from the past. That basically gave us the atmosphere that runs through the whole movie,' Schilinski said. 'We were interested in the simultaneity of time levels, that in the same place one person does something very mundane and the other perhaps has an existential, life-changing experience.' Schilinski added that the film is 'about the act of remembering itself, about how perception and memory work' especially through subjective points of view and the bodily remnants of inherited dissassociative trauma. 'For me, there is always the uncertainty that you can never be sure whether something really happened like this and where dreams and reality intertwine,' she said. Fabian Gamper is to thank for the hazy lush cinematography style. The film was shot over 34 days on location. 'In many ways, I look at 'Sound of Falling' as my debut film. While I had some experience through my previous project 'The Daughter,' that film was the final project in my third year at the film academy, and it wasn't supposed to be a feature,' Schilinski said. 'The limitations we had to work with [on 'Sound of Falling'] forced us all to use the greatest possible precision and concentration. I had to completely follow my intuition.' 'Sound of Falling' premieres as a sales title from mk2 at Cannes. Check out a clip of the feature below. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Mubi Buys Mascha Schilinski's Cannes Competition Film ‘Sound of Falling' for U.S., U.K., Ireland, Turkey and India (EXCLUSIVE)
Mubi has bought Mascha Schilinski's Cannes competition film 'Sound of Falling' for the U.S. and a string of international territories, Variety has learned. Besides the U.S. Mubi has taken 'Sound of Falling' for the U.K., Ireland, Turkey and India. More from Variety Mubi Acquires Kleber Mendonça Filho's 'The Secret Agent' for U.K., India and Latin America Mubi Buys Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson's 'Die My Love' in $24 Million Cannes Deal 'Sound of Falling' Review: Shattering, Century-Spanning Tapestry of Female Unrest Shoots Mascha Schilinski Into the Big Leagues The drama, which world premiered last week to rave reviews, marks Schilinski's follow-up to her 2017 debut 'Dark Blue Girl.' 'Mubi is an oasis for everyone who loves cinema,' said Schilinski in a statement. 'Here arthouse classics stand shoulder to shoulder with new exciting cinema as well as little movie gems that we would otherwise not get to see. We are very happy that 'Sound of Falling' is now part of Mubi's movie family,' she added. 'I accompanied and protected the movie until the last moment. Now it was allowed to celebrate its world premiere in competition at the Festival de Cannes. I wish 'Sounf of Falling' an exciting journey out into the world under the Mubi,' the director continued. Commented Fionnuala Jamison, managing director of MK2 Films: 'Working with Mubi always feels less like closing a deal and more like continuing a conversation. We share a deep respect for cinema in all its forms, and this latest collaboration is another step in a relationship built on mutual curiosity and creative trust.' MK2 is representing 'Sound of Falling' globally. Variety's Guy Lodge hailed the movie as a 'shattering' epic that sends its director 'into the big leagues' with an 'astonishingly poised and ambitious second feature.' It's the latest in a string of acquisitions scored by Mubi at Cannes. The company has also bought Kleber Mendonça Filho's 'The Secret Agent' for North America, Latin America (excluding Brazil), the U.K., Ireland and India. The company produced 'The Mastermind' and has retained several territories for the film and, before the festival began, bought rights for the U.K., Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India to Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value,' which on Wednesday received a huge 15-minute standing ovation. During the festival, Mubi also snapped up multiple rights — including the U.S. — for Lynne Ramsey's 'Die My Love,' and later Latin American and Indian rights to Julia Ducournau's genre-hopping drama 'Alpha.' Best of Variety All the Godzilla Movies Ranked Final Oscar Predictions: International Feature – United Kingdom to Win Its First Statuette With 'The Zone of Interest' 'Game of Thrones' Filming Locations in Northern Ireland to Open as Tourist Attractions
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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Cannes: Competition Film ‘Sound of Falling' Gets Rave Reviews, Tepid Ovation
Sound of Falling, the second feature from 41-year-old German filmmaker Mascha Schilinski, had its world premiere on Wednesday afternoon at the Grand Théâtre Lumière as part of the Cannes Film Festival, where it is playing in competition, and was greeted with a four-minute standing ovation. Co-written with Louise Peter, the German-language drama follows four girls — Alma (Hanna Heckt), Erika (Lea Drinda), Angelika (Lena Urzendowsky) and Lenka (Laeni Geiseler) — who live, at different points over the course of a century, on the same farm in northern Germany. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Sound of Falling' Review: A Haunting Meditation on Womanhood and Rural Strife That Heralds the Arrival of a Bold New Talent 'Mission: Impossible' Director Christopher McQuarrie Was Ready to Quit the Business When He Met Tom Cruise Cannes Film Market, CES Join Forces for Film Innovation Award Originally titled The Doctor Says I'll Be Alright, But I'm Feelin' Blue, the two-and-a-half hour film is the product of a 34-day shoot. It is still seeking U.S. distribution, and interest in it amongst top-tier distributors is said to be strong. The Hollywood Reporter's review raves that Sound of Falling 'resembles nothing you've quite seen before, making you question the very notion of what a movie can be,' and further describes the film as 'a transfixing chronicle' and 'cinematic tone poem,' likening it to Terrence Malick's 2011 Palme d'Or winner-turned-best picture Oscar nominee The Tree of Life, 'although this is Malick by way of Jane Campion and Michael Haneke.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
Yahoo
20-05-2025
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Nicole Kidman Talks Viral ‘Babygirl' TikToks & Gives Mascha Schilinski's ‘Sound Of Falling' A Shoutout During Cannes Talk
'With the film Babygirl, it reached its audience, strangely enough, through TikTok,' Nicole Kidman said this afternoon during one of Kering's Women In Motion talks at this year's Cannes Film Festival. 'It's extraordinary to have that avenue for that film to be discovered,' Kidman continued, telling the audience that social media now provides filmmakers with new and exciting ways to disseminate their work. More from Deadline Andrew Garfield & Focus Features Nearing Deals To Join Paul Greengrass Peasant Revolt Movie 'The Rage': Cannes Market Alexander Skarsgård-Harry Melling BDSM Romance Pic 'Pillion' Spurs Eight-Minute Ovation At Cannes Premiere MK2 Seals Worldwide Deal For Films Of Nouvelle Vague Influencer & Cinema Vérité Pioneer Jean Rouch - Cannes Market 'There are so many different ways now to reach people,' Kidman added. ' We launched at the Venice Film Festival, and they gave us extraordinary support. But we still had five months before launching in America, and it got this groundswell of support on social and TikTok and that literally made people go see the film. So you just never know how things are going to be discovered now.' The Aussie added that she is always on the look out and willing to try her hand a new ways to 'reach people who normally wouldn't hear about things.' Later during the session, Kidman was asked about her previous pledge to work with a femake director at least once ever 18 months. Since that declaration eight years ago, Kidman has worked with a woman filmmaker 27 times. When asked if she was surprised by the stats, Kidman was resolute: 'I was going to make it happen,' she said. 'At that time, I was at a point where we were having discussions about the disparity,' Kidman said, adding that there simply weren't many women filmmakers out there being given the opportunity to make features. Kidman said she sought out women filmmakers like Karyn Kusama, with whom she made Destroyer (2018), and gave them her backing while also equipping them with a 'force field of protection so that they can do their best work' and not feel like they only have one chance to get things right. On women filmmakers, Kidman added that she has been heartened here in Cannes to see many films directed by women playing in competition, including Mascha Schilinski's Sound of Falling, which she gave a brief shoutout. 'In the festival, there's the film from Mascha Schilinski, Sound of Falling, I hear that's magnificent,' Kidman said. 'And there's seven films by women in competition. It's so wonderful to already be hearing about this unknown director who is being well received here and we now have a new name and we're all wondering what's next?' Sound of Falling has had a lot of buzz here in Cannes. The film is Schilinski's second feature. On the film, Deadline's critic Damon Wise said: 'Cinema is too small a word for what this sprawling yet intimate epic achieves in its ethereal, unnerving brilliance; forget Cannes, forget the Competition, forget the whole year, even — Sound of Falling is an all-timer.' Kidman will be handed Kering's 2025 Women In Motion Award this evening in Cannes. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Everything We Know About Ari Aster's 'Eddington' So Far
