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MUBI Debuts U.S. Trailer for Germany’s Oscar Entry ‘Sound of Falling’ With Jan. 16 Theatrical Release

It is Germany’s official Oscar submission following a Cannes Jury Prize win.

Overview

  • MUBI released the first U.S. trailer on December 9 ahead of the film’s awards-season rollout.
  • The film opens in select U.S. theaters on January 16, with MUBI also releasing it in North America, the UK, Ireland, India, and Turkey.
  • The story follows four young women in the 1910s, 1940s, 1980s, and 2020s whose lives echo across the same northern German farm.
  • Early reception highlights an ambitious, unsettling style, with praise from critics and Germany’s selection jury calling it formally uncompromising and emotionally existential.
  • Co-written by Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter, the film was produced by Studio Zentral with ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and supported by BKM, MDM, and the DFFF.