Berlin & Beyond

LIFESTYLE HEIMAT | German abroad Movies Rubrik

Get Your Fill of German Movies in San Francisco

The Berlin & Beyond Film Festival opens on March 8, 2019 at the Castro Theater

Opening with the international premiere of “25km/h” (25 kilometers per hour) by director Markus Goller and starring Lars Eidinger (Babylon Berlin), Bjarne Mädel (24 Weeks), Sandra Hueller (Toni Erdmann), Alexandra Maria Lara (Downfall), and Franka Potente (Run, Lola, Run), the 23rd edition of the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival will open in San Francisco on March 8, 2019 at the Castro Theater. Arguably, the largest German-language film festival in the U.S., Berlin & Beyond has always managed to lure some of the greatest German talents – incl. Mario Adorf, the late Bruno Ganz, Tom Schilling, Julia Jentsch, and Maria Schrader - to San Francisco. At this year’s festival, acclaimed German actor Bjarne Mädel is returning to the festival to be honored with the 2019 Berlin & Beyond Film Festival Spotlight Award in Acting.

For Opening Night, Film Festival President Sigrid Savelsberg and Festival Director Sophoan Sorn, chose the tragicomedy “25km/h” Brothers Christian (43) and Georg (45) have not seen each other for 20 years. They finally cross paths at their fathers funeral, of all places. But after a booze-fueled wake, the tension between the two of them

For more information visit → www.berlinbeyond.com

EDITOR'S PICK

Festival Director Sophoan Sorn

eases and the brothers drunkenly decide to realize their boyhood dream of driving across Germany on their mopeds. And so begins a journey full of exciting highs and comically dramatic lows. A journey that allows the two brothers to reconnect and leads them to a turning point in their lives.

Presented by the Goethe-Institut in San Francisco, Berlin & Beyond will bring a vivid program of films crossing cultures and contemporary topics to the legendary Castro Theatre (March 8-10), a night of encores at Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley (March 11), and three evenings at the Goethe-Institut (March 12-14). The line-up includes masterpieces like “3 Days in Quiberon” about the last interview given by Romy Schneider and “The Silent Revolution” as well as all-time favorites for kids like “Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer".

Petra Schürmann

Berlin & Beyond 2019 Film Line-Up

CASTRO THEATRE, San FranciscoFriday - March 8, 2019

►►Mountain Miracle - An Unexpected Friendship

►►A Jar Full of Life (Vielmachglas)

►►As Green as it Gets (Grüner wird's nicht)

►►25 km/h (Opening Night, Party at 9pm)

Saturday - March 9, 2019

►►Berlin Excelsior

►►This Crazy Heart (Dieses bescheuerte Herz)

►►3 Days in Quiberon (3 Tage in Quiberon)

►►The Silent Revolution

►►Only God Can Judge MeSunday - March 10, 2019

►►Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

►►Cloud Whispers

►►The Chairs Game (Reise nach Jerusalem)

►►Gundermann

►►The Bra (Vom Lokführer, der die Liebe suchte)LANDMARK'S SHATTUCK CINEMAS, BerkeleyMonday - March 11, 2019

►►The Silent Revolution

►►25 km/h

►►The BraGOETHE-INSTITUT, San FranciscoTuesday - March 12, 2019

►►6pm: Exit

►►8pm: The Cakemaker

Wednesday - March 13, 2019

►►6pm: Sandstern

►►8pm: Waldheim Waltz

Thursday - March 14, 2019

►►6pm: Chris the Swiss

►►8pm: 303

Opening Night Feature: 25 km/h: Two estranged brothers see each other for the first time in 20 years at their father's funeral. They decide to realize their boyhood dream of driving across Germany on mopeds.Opening Night Party at 9 PM following the screening.

3 Days in Quiberon (3 Tage in Quiberon): In a spa hotel, Romy Schneider – the biggest female star in Europe of her time, gives her last interview to two journalists of the "STERN" magazine.

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer): A new cinematic vision based on the famous novel by Michael Ende.Family Matinée.

HEIMAT abroad | SPRING 2019 | 39