Sophoan Sorn Moves on After 16 Years as Director of San Francisco’s Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
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Vielen Dank! Thank you very much for attending our 30th Anniversary Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
San Francisco & Berkeley, California
March 19-23, 2026
2026 Audience Award Winner
‘Amrum‘ by Director Fatih Akin
Mala Emde, Ido Fluk, Mia Maariel Meyer, Thomas Prenn, Charlotte Taschen, and Burhan Qurbani
Meet Our 2026 Special Guests
What Played at the Fest?
See the 2026 Line-Up
Udo Kier (1944-2025)
Lifetime Achievement Award in Acting 2026
Mala Emde
Spotlight Award in Acting 2026
Latest News Coverage:
March 17, 2026: San Francisco Chronicle: Berlin & Beyond Film Festival celebrates 30 years in San Francisco with return to the Castro Theatre
March 17, 2026: Eat Drink Films: 24 Minutes with Berlin & Beyond’s Sophoan Sorn
March 16, 2026: Local News Matters: Movies: Berlin & Beyond, ‘Tow,’ ‘Slanted,’ cable cars on film, ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ by Anita Katz, Bay City News
March 11, 2026: KTVU Fox 2 San Francisco: News at 7 Anchor Heather Holmes talks with Festival Director Sophoan Sorn Live from the Jack London Square Studio
February 28, 2026 – Schauspielpreis: Größtes deutschsprachiges US-Filmfest feiert Mala Emde (Acting award: Largest German-language US film festival celebrates Mala Emde). News coverage across German press and media, including Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Stern, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Tagesspiegel, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, General-Anzeiger Bonn, Radio eins, Antenne Bayern, and many others.
