Up-Coming: Berlin & Beyond Film Festival

The Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, featuring films from Germany, Austria & Switzerland, begins at the Castro Theatre this week. Highlights include opening & closing night films about the GDR, the West Coast premiere of the director's cut of Volker Schlöndorff's The Tin Drum, & a festival appearance by actor Mario Adorf.

§ The 17th annual Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
September 27th - October 4th, 2012
Castro Theatre in San Francisco

Thursday, September 27

• 7:00 pm Opening Night Film: BARBARA (Christian Petzold)
• 9:15 pm Opening Night Party

Friday, September 28

• 1:30 pm HOME FOR THE WEEKEND / Was bleibt (Hans-Christian Schmid)
• 4:00 pm SHIP OF THE DEAD / Das Totenschiff (Georg Tressler)
• 6:15 pm THE RHINO AND THE DRAGONFLY / Die Libelle und das Nashorn (Lola Randl) with Lifetime Achievement Award for celebrated actor Mario Adorf
• 9:00 pm FAUST (Alexander Sokurov)

Saturday, September 29

• 10:30 am LESSONS OF A DREAM / Der ganz große Traum (Sebastian Grobler)
• 1:00 pm AUDRE LORDE: THE BERLIN YEARS 1984 to 1992 (Dagmar Schultz, in person)
• 2:00 pm Animation Workshop with Tomer Eshed, in Goethe-Institut Auditorium
• 4:00 pm THE FOSTER BOY / Der Verdingbub (Markus Imboden)
• 6:15 pm BAIKONUR (Veit Helmer, in person); Preceded by Flamingo Pride (Tomer Eshed)
• 8:45 pm THE TIN DRUM — DIRECTOR’S CUT / Die Blechtrommel (Volker Schlöndorff)

Sunday, September 30

• 10.30 am Masterclass with Veit Helmer, in Goethe-Institut Auditorium
• 11:00 am TOM SAWYER (Hermine Huntgeburth)
• 1:30 pm COLOR OF THE OCEAN / Die Farbe des Ozeans (Maggie Peren)
• 2:00 pm Animation in the German Classroom / Launch of “Kurz + Gut macht Schule II” (by invitation only)
• 4:00 pm THE WALL / Die Wand (Julian Roman Pölsler)
• 6:30 pm 4 DAYS IN MAY / 4 Tage im Mai (Achim von Borries)
• 8:45 pm THE DOOR / Die Tür (Anno Saul)

Monday, October 1 (in Goethe-Institut Auditorium)

• 6:30 pm THE SUBSTANCE: ALBERT HOFMANN’S LSD (Martin Wit, in person)
• 8:30 pm BREATHING / Atmen (Karl Markovics)

Tuesday, October 2 (in Goethe-Institut Auditorium)

• 6:00 pm LOLA (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
• 8:30 pm WHORES’ GLORY (Michael Glawogger)

Wednesday, October 3

• 11:00 am WESTWIND (Robert Thalheim)
• 1:30 pm SHORTS PROGRAM
• 4:00 pm CRACKS IN THE SHELL / Die Unsichtbare (Christian Schwochow)
• 6:30 pm COMBAT GIRLS / Kriegerin ( David Wnendt) In Person: Actress Alina Levshin
• 9:00 pm SUMMER WINDOW / Fenster zum Sommer (Hendrik Handloegten)

Thursday, October 4

• 11:30 am LESSONS OF A DREAM / Der ganz große Traum (Sebastian Grobler)
• 2:30 pm BATTLE OF THE QUEENS / Kampf der Königinnen (Nicolas Steiner)
• 5:00 pm WUNDERKINDER (Marcus O. Rosenmüller)
• 7:30 pm Closing Night Film: THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA (Marten Persiel, in person)
• 9:30pm Closing Night Party