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‘Sound Of Falling’: Read The Screenplay For Mascha Schilinski’s German Oscar Entry Detailing A Century Of Secret Trauma
- Deadline presents Mascha Schilinski’s screenplay for Sound of Falling, the Cannes Jury Prize winner and Germany’s 2026 Oscar entry.
- The film follows four generations of women across a single Altmark farm, linking their stories through time.
- Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka are the four protagonists spanning 1910s to 2020s, tied by the farm near the River Elbe.
- The screenplay emphasizes the female gaze and explores intergenerational trauma through trauma and memory in a rural setting.
- Sound of Falling is described as an attempt to track gaps in people’s felt experience with few words to describe them.
- The story blends history and memory to reveal how the Altmark region’s past haunts the present.
- The screenplay is co-written by Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter and aims to locate unspoken memories.
- Deadline’s feature places Sound of Falling in the context of award-season screenplay spotlights.
- The film is Germany’s official entry for Best International Feature at the 2026 Oscars.
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