Sound of Falling
aka In die Sonne schauen
First screened in October 2025
Director: Mascha Schilinski. Cast: Hanna Heckt, Greta Krämer, Susanne Wuest, Anastasia Cherepakha, Liane Düsterhöft, Lea Drinda, Martin Rother, Filip Schnack, Gode Benedix, Luzia Oppermann, Lena Urzendowsky, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Florian Geisselmann, Konstantin Lindhorst, Zoë Baier, Laeni Geiseler, Luise Heyer, Lucas Prisor. Screenplay: Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter.

   
Photo © 2025 Studio Zentral / ZDF
In Brief: Deep, dark, risky lives of families and especially women seep across time in shared space. Audiovisually majestic.

VOR:   Audaciously tracks vibrations among women's lives without any reductive thesis. Technical virtuosity off the charts. A scaling of a singular peak.

Grade: A


Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize (tie)
Chicago International Film Festival: Best Director; Best Sound (Claudio Demel, Jürgen Schulz, Johann Meis)

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