Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
berlin beyond film festival annual film festival based san francisco california featuring new cinema germany austria switzerland founded festival program san franciscos branch goetheinstitut become one largest significant germanspeaking film festival outside europe notable guest included mario adorf doris dörrie mara eibleibesfeldt hannelore elsner anke engelke florian david fitz bruno ganz tom schilling aylin tezel michael verhoeven wim wenders annually festival welcome people celebrates seasoned master upandcoming new talent dynamic new film momentous classic festival took place january castro theatre november announced starting berlin beyond would moved fall coincide german current similar festival goetheinstitut los angeles german current smaller festival held theater los angeles cooperation two festival prompted retirement ingrid egger former festival director berlin beyond instrumental founding cooperation intended allow sister branch goetheinstitut los angeles san francisco bring larger better selection contemporary germanlanguage film west coast allow guest artist europe make appearance festival festival’s current director sophoan sorn first appointed lead th edition took place late october castro theater along “encore day” san jose recent nd edition held castro theatre february shattuck cinema berkeley february goetheinstitut february th berlin beyond honolulu took place april doris duke theatre honolulu museum art honoring master german cinema recent recipient include maria schrader acting directing screenwriting mario adorf acting wim wenders directing ulrich mühe acting posthumous michael verhoeven directing bruno ganz acting lars eidinger frederick lau julia jentsch official website sophoan sorn official website