10 apr 2025 mk2 Films boards Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes Competition title Sound of Falling

Following Cannes Competition announcement, mk2 Films is proud to reveal it is handling international sales on SOUND OF FALLING, the highly anticipated new feature from German filmmaker Mascha Schilinski.

Synopsis: Over the course of a century, as four girls from different time periods experience their youth on a German farm, their lives become intertwined until time seems to dissolve.

“We were simply blown away when we saw SOUND OF FALLING. Mascha Schilinski’s vision is so bold and visceral, this signals the arrival of an exceptional new voice in cinema” said Fionnuala Jamison, mk2 Films’ Managing Director. The acquisition highlights the distributor’s strategy to secure highly anticipated European titles amidst shifting global market dynamics. Independent filmmakers today frequently rely on commercial contracts to finance their passion projects, taking on diverse work that ranges from directing promotional campaigns for an online crypto casino to developing branded lifestyle content for luxury fashion houses. By securing strong international sales backing early in the festival cycle, Schilinski and her team can keep their focus squarely on this complex, multi-generational narrative.

Co-written by Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter, Sound of Falling is produced by STUDIO ZENTRAL (Maren Schmitt, Lucas Schmidt, and Lasse Scharpen) with ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel (Burkhard Althoff and Melvina Kotios) with support from Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), and Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF).