Press
Press Contact:
Catalina Langer
PR & Communications, Goethe-Institut San Francisco
catalina.langer@goethe.de
Press Releases & Media Announcements:
September 22, 2026 – Sophoan Sorn Moves on After 16 Years as Director of San Francisco’s Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
April 2, 2026 – 30th Anniversary Berlin & Beyond Film Festival 2026 Audience Award Best Feature Film Winner: Amrum by Fatih Akin
March 16, 2026 – 30th Anniversary Berlin & Beyond Film Festival honors Udo Kier with Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award
February 27, 2026 – 30th Anniversary Berlin & Beyond Film Festival will open with “Köln 75” and present Spotlight Award in Acting to Mala Emde
December 18, 2025 – Announcing San Francisco’s 30th Anniversary Berlin & Beyond Film Festival 2026 Venues and Special Film Preview
In the News:
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, Antenne Bayern, and many others.
Screeners Request & Media Downloads:
The 2026 Festival has passed. No screeners and no media downloads can be requested.
The festival organization, producers, production companies, and rightsholders reserve the right to accept or refuse screener requests. Please note that images and other media are subject to copyright.
