21st Berlin & Beyond Film Festival Program Guide by Berlin & Beyond Film Festival

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Now in its 21st year, the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival has been the leading festival of contemporary German cinema in the Americas since 1996.

Berlin & Beyond DocDay Oakland will showcase four films at Pro Arts Gallery on February 4th. The 4th Berlin & Beyond Honolulu will take place April 8-9, 2017 at the Doris Duke Theatre of the Honolulu Museum of Art, featuring the Hawaii premieres of eight films from the San Francisco lineup.

With an annual attendance of over 10,000 film-goers, the festival has presented over 500 motion pictures from Germanspeaking countries in its history. The festival welcomed to the San Francisco screen and stage many celebrated international filmmaking and screen talents, including Mario Adorf, Fatih Akin, Moritz Bleibtreu, Daniel Brühl, Hannelore Elsner, Bruno Ganz, Maria Schrader, Barbara Sukowa, and Wim Wenders. Since its inauguration in 1996, the main venue of the festival has always been the Castro Theatre, the famous movie palace that will celebrate its 95th anniversary in 2017. Berlin & Beyond has been a gateway for the public to experience the diversity, history and progress of German-speaking countries; while celebrating the universal spirit and vision of filmmakers.

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GOETHE-INSTITUT Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2017, the San Francisco branch has been promoting German culture and language since 1967. In addition to its presentation of the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, its year-round cultural activities include art exhibitions, weekly film screenings, and partnerships with local cultural institutions. The Goethe-Institut is comprised of 159 institutes in 98 countries. Goethe.de/SF

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21st BERLIN & BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE GOETHE-INSTITUT AUDITORIUM

THE CASTRO THEATRE 429 Castro Street (near Market) San Francisco, CA 94114

530 Bush Street (street entry) San Francisco, CA 94108

FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 2017 10:00 a.m. AT EYE LEVEL

MONDAY, FEB. 6, 2017 5:30 p.m. HAPPY

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7:30 p.m. THE GENERAL CASE

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TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 2017 5:00 p.m. SHORTS PROGRAM

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8:00 p.m. Opening Night Film SCRAPPIN’

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7:00 p.m. WONDERLAND

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9:00 p.m. TRANSIT HAVANA

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9:45 p.m. Opening Night Party

p. 18 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 2017 5:30 p.m. CIVIL SERVANTS

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7:30 p.m. EVA HESSE

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12:15 p.m. HANNA’S SLEEPING DOGS

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3:00 p.m. TOO HARD TO HANDLE

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5:30 p.m. IN LOVE WITH LOU – A PHILOSOPHER’S LIFE

SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 2017 10:00 a.m. THE CULPABLE

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12:00 p.m. CENTER OF MY WORLD

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2:30 p.m. 24 WEEKS

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5:00 p.m. World Premiere SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION

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7:45 p.m. Centerpiece Film STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE

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10:30 p.m. ORIGINAL BLISS

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SUNDAY, FEB. 5, 2017 10:00 a.m. HEIDI

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12:30 p.m. DARK FORTUNE

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3:30 p.m. FRANTZ

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6:15 p.m. CLOSE TO YOUR HEART

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8:30 p.m. Closing Night Film FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR

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PRO ARTS GALLERY 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza Oakland, CA 94612 SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 2017 1:00 p.m. HAPPY

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3:00 p.m. CIVIL SERVANTS

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5:00 p.m. TRANSIT HAVANA

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8:00 p.m. EVA HESSE

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All foreign-language films will be shown with English subtitles.

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WELCOME - WILLKOMMEN Welcome to the 21st Berlin & Beyond Film Festival! Join us for three full days and nights at San Francisco’s iconic Castro Theatre (Feb. 3-5), three evenings at the Goethe-Institut in Downtown (Feb. 6-8), and DocDay at Oakland’s Pro Arts Gallery (Feb. 4), with our vivid selection of films, crossing various cultures, experiences, and histories. As we will have several screenings with film talents present, we invite you to stay behind for engaging post-film Q&As. Since 1996, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival has been North America’s leading annual showcase, dedicated to the cinematic movements of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Each year, we roll out the red carpet to welcome top films and talents of the year from this region, from major box office hits to award winners, to small productions and discoveries from up-and-coming filmmakers. Our Opening Night Film is the International Premiere of Scrappin’, the entertaining family drama and feature debut from Max Zähle, whose short film Raju was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Berlin & Beyond Audience Award in 2011.

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A major highlight of this year’s festival are films by and about women. The controversial drama 24 Weeks deals with late abortion. We are proud to present to the film’s lead actress, Julia Jentsch, the Spotlight Award in Acting, celebrating her on-going career in this dynamic field. Likewise, we are proud to honor the multitalented actress, director, and screenwriter Maria Schrader with our inaugural Career Achievement Award, celebrating her wide-ranging career. Her latest directorial work, the timely historical drama and Austria’s Oscar entry, Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, is our Centerpiece. Fukushima, mon Amour, veteran filmmaker Doris Dörrie’s poignant black-andwhite drama shot entirely in Japan, is our Castro Closing Night Film. It follows two very different women, both trapped by their past.

We are excited to present the World Premiere of Jan Tenhaven’s documentary Silicon Valley Revolution, with forgotten stories of the pioneers of the personal computer, filmed here in the Bay Area. Several films were adapted from novels and short stories into bold and captivating cinematic stories: Dark Fortune (Dir. Stefan Haupt), Heidi (Dir. Alain Gsponer), Original Bliss (Dir. Sven Taddicken), Too Hard to Handle (Dir. Laura Lackmann), and Hanna’s Sleeping Dogs (Dir. Andreas Gruber), which is the runner-up winner of our 2016-2017 Youth 4 German Cinema Award. We are grateful for the empowering support of our sponsors, partners, and friends from near and far, whose steadfast generosity makes this festival possible. Likewise, we extend our gratitude to our hardworking and dedicated festival team, volunteers, and collaborators. Special thanks to the filmmakers and industry professionals for sharing their cinematic works with us. We are most grateful to you, the festivalgoers, for attending our festival. Get ready to join us for a cinematic adventure! Thanks! Vielen Dank! Sigrid Savelsberg Director, Goethe-Institut San Francisco President, Berlin & Beyond Sophoan Sorn Festival Director, Berlin & Beyond

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OPENING NIGHT FILM

SCRAPPIN’

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SCHROTTEN!

Fri. Feb. 3, 2017 8:00 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco International Premiere In Person: Director Max Zähle and Screenwriter Johanna Pfaff 96 mins. Germany (2016). DCP. German w/ English subtitles. Director: Max Zähle Starring: Lucas Gregorowicz, Frederick Lau, Anna Bederke, Lars Rudolph, Heiko Pinkowski, Jan-Gregor Kremp, Alexander Scheer Screenwriters: Max Zähle, Johanna Pfaff, Oliver Keidel Cinematography: Carol Burandt von Kameke Producers: Andrea Schütte, Dirk Decker World Sales: Tamtam Film 2016 Film Festival Max-Ophüls-Preis Audience Award Winner. Following his Oscar®-nominated short Raju, Max Zähle dedicates his feature film debut to a largely unknown culture marked by long-standing tradition: scrap dealers. Scrappin’ sheds light on this sometimes weird but loveable milieu and tells the story of a family that needs to overcome its differences in order Opening Night Party details on page 18.

to keep the family business alive. Mirko Talhammer (Lucas Gregorowicz) is beside himself when two strangers show up at his posh insurance office to remind him of where he comes from: a provincial scrapyard, where careers do not count and other things are more important, such as scrapping, family, and every once in a while, a good, old-fashioned fist fight. Mirko thought he had left all that behind, but his father has left unfinished business before he died and left Mirko the run-down scrapyard, along with his brother Letscho (Frederick Lau, Victoria), who is still upset that Mirko deserted the clan. Faced with financial uncertainties, the brothers realize that the Talhammers can only have a future if they can pull themselves together and fulfill their father’s last wish: to rob a train filled with valuable copper. Opening Night Sponsors:

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Julia Jentsch from the FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS campaign 2016 (© German Films/Mathias Bothor)

AWARD TRIBUTE

JULIA JENTSCH SPOTLIGHT AWARD IN ACTING We are immensely proud to celebrate the ongoing career achievement of the multiple award-winning actress Julia Jentsch by honoring her with the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival’s Spotlight Award in Acting, and screening her latest work, the Berlinale Competition entry, 24 Weeks. Julia Jentsch was born in 1978 in Berlin, and attended the renowned Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began her theater career at the Munich Kammerspiele, where she was a permanent member of the ensemble from 2001-2006. She made her breakthrough as a film actor in 2004 when she was featured in Hans Weingartner’s The Edukators. In 2005 Julia Jentsch appeared as Sophie Scholl in Marc Rothemund’s film, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. This role won her Best Actress honors at the Berlin International Film Festival (Silver Bear), the German Film Award in Gold, and the European Film Award. In addition, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Since the Academy Award nomination, Julia Jentsch has become a sought-after artist not only in Germany, but also internationally. Over the last years her work has included collaborations with Antonin Svoboda (The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich), Florian Hoffmeister (The Have-Nots), Hermine Huntgeburth (Effi Briest), Margarethe von Trotta (Hannah Arendt), and Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Downfall). In 2016, she can be seen in the controversial late-abortion drama, 24 Weeks, directed by Anne Zohra Berrached, and Asli Özge’s dark psychological drama All of a Sudden. She is also one of the stars of the FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS campaign, which promotes a new wave of German cinema achievements to international audiences and showcases exceptional German talent worldwide. Julia Jentsch lives with her husband and daughter near Zurich, Switzerland. Previous Spotlight Award honorees were Tom Schilling in 2016 and Ronald Zehrfeld in 2015.

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24 WEEKS 24 WOCHEN

Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 2:30 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco San Francisco Premiere In Person: Actress Julia Jentsch This screening includes special remarks and the Spotlight Award tribute. 102 mins. Germany (2016). DCP. German w/ English subtitles. Director: Anne Zohra Berrached Starring: Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Johanna Gastdorf, Emilia Pieske Screenwriters: Carl Gerber, Anne Zohra Berrached Cinematography: Friede Clausz Producers: Johannes Jancke, Tobias Ebner World Sales: Beta Cinema Presented with the support of:

Winner of the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival. Cabaret performer Astrid is six month pregnant when she learns that her unborn child will be severly disabled. She and her husband have little time to take a decision of enormous significance. The stage lights, the applause – Astrid loves being a cabaret performer, and loves her tolerant and supportive husband Markus. Every decision is taken together, and this one is no different: what will they do with the child that Astrid is carrying, now, six months into the pregnancy, that she learns the child will be severely disabled? She and Marcus have a choice, but little time… A strong nature with a witty answer to everything, Astrid now feels lost, on her own, impossible to continue her comedy routine. Ultimately only she who is bearing the child can take this weighty decision. What will she do? Who decides whether the child will have a life worth living?

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MARIA SCHRADER CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Maria Schrader was born in Hannover, Germany, in 1965. She started her acting career as a student at the Staatsschauspiel Hannover and subsequently studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. In her first starring role in Dani Levy’s indie comedy I Was on Mars (1991), she received the Max Ophüls Prize for Best Young Actress, followed by the Hessian Film Award in 1992. She collaborated with Levy on several other films, including The Giraffe (Meschugge, 1998) – which she co-directed and co-wrote, Väter (2002), and Silent Night (2015). In 1999, she co-starred with Juliane Köhler in Aimée & Jaguar, the unforgettable wartime love story directed by Max Färberböck, based on Erica Fischer's book, chronicling the actual lives of Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim. Both Maria Schrader and Juliane Köhler received best actress honors at the Berlinale (Silver Bear), the German Film Award, and the Bavarian Film Award. In the same year, the European Film Promotion selected her as one of the Shooting Star Award honorees. Aimée & Jaguar was nominated for the 2000 Golden Globe Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The first film she directed on her own was Love Life (2007). It was shot in Israel, and she co-wrote the screenplay with Laila Stieler, based on the novel with the same name by Zeruya Shalev. It won two Bavarian Film Awards and two German Film Awards.

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We are proud to celebrate the wide-ranging, creative career of the talented and multiple award-winning German actress (screen and stage), director, and screenwriter Maria Schrader by honoring her with our first-ever Career Achievement Award, and screening her latest work as director – the historical and timely film: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe.

Maria Schrader has worked with some of European Cinema’s most renowned directors, such as Margarethe von Trotta (Rosenstrasse, 2003), Doris Dörrie (Nobody Loves Me, 1994), Hans W. Geissendörfer (Snowland, 2005), Peter Greenaway (A Life in Suitcases, 2005), Rajko Grilic (Josephine, 2000), and Agnieszka Holland (Academy Awardnominated In Darkness, 2011). Since 2002, she has been performing on the stages of the Schauspiel Köln, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, Theater Basel, Thalia Theater Hamburg, HAU Berlin and the Munich Kammerspiele. Since 2013, she has been an ensemble member of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. Recently, she has thrilled television audiences in the International Emmy Award-winning series Deutschland 83 (2015), the first German-language series to broadcast on U.S. television. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is her third directorial feature. She co-wrote the screenplay with Jan Schomburg. The film was chosen as Austria’s official entry to the 2017 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film consideration.

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Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 7:45 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco Northern California Premiere In Person: Director Maria Schrader This screening includes special remarks and the Career Achievement Award tribute. 106 mins. Austria, Germany, France (2016). DCP. German w/ English subtitles. Director: Maria Schrader Starring: Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz, Matthias Brandt Screenwriters: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg Cinematography: Wolfgang Thaler Producer: Stefan Arndt U.S. Distributor: First Run Features Presented with the support of the:

Austria’s Official Entry to the 2017 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Maria Schrader’s drama Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe episodically tells the story of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and his life in exile between 1936-42. Having been driven into emigration at the peak of his worldwide fame, Stefan Zweig falls into despair at the sight of Europe’s downfall, which he had anticipated early on. It’s the story of a refugee, a tale of losing one’s homeland, and of the search for a new one. Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, New York, Petrópolis are four stations of an expatriate unable to find peace. Despite the generous welcome and the overwhelming opulence of tropical vegetation he encounters, nothing can replace his homeland. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is a visually stunning historic picture about a great artist and, at the same time, a film about a time in which Europe was coming apart. Premiered at the 2016 Locarno Film Festival in the Piazza Grande section.

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GERMANY MEETS THE U.S.

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CASTRO CLOSING NIGHT

FUKUSHIMA, MON AMOUR

CASTRO CLOSING NIGHT

GRÜßE AUS FUKUSHIMA

Sun. Feb. 5, 2017 8:30 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco San Francisco Premiere In Person: Moshe Cohen 104 mins. Germany (2016). DCP. English, German & Japanese w/ English subtitles. Director/Screenwriter: Doris Dörrie Starring: Rosalie Thomass, Kaori Momoi, Moshe Cohen, Nami Kamata Cinematography: Hanno Lentz Producers: Harald Kügler, Molly von Fürstenberg World Sales: The Match Factory Winner of various international awards, including the Audience Award Runnerup at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Duke Best Actor award for both Karoi Momoi and Rosalie Thomass at the 2016 Odessa International Film Festival in Ukraine.

Young German woman Marie escapes to Fukushima to change her life. Working with the organization Clowns4Help, she hopes to bring joy to survivors of the 2011 disaster, some of whom still live in emergency shelters. Marie soon realizes that she is absolutely unsuited to the task of making tragedy less wearisome. Instead of running away, Marie decides to stay with cantankerous old Satomi, the last geisha in Fukushima, who of her own accord has decided to return to her ruined house in the formerly radioactive Exclusion Zone. Two women who couldn't be more different, but who – each in her own way – are trapped in the past and must learn to liberate themselves from guilt and the burden of memory. A universal and poetic tale about life and letting go from acclaimed writer-director Doris Dörrie (Cherry Blossoms, Berlin & Beyond Opening Night 2009, Enlightenment Guaranteed, Men). Fukushima, mon Amour is Doris Dörrie’s first feature film to be shot entirely in Japan and in breathtaking black and white.

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SPECIAL GUESTS

Julia Jentsch from the FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS campaign 2016 (© German Films/Mathias Bothor)

BERLIN & BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL WELCOMES TO SAN FRANCISCO:

MARIA SCHRADER

2017 Spotlight Award in Acting honoree: Read the profile of Julia Jentsch on page 10.

2017 Career Achievement Award honoree: Read the profile of Maria Schrader on page 12.

MOSHE COHEN

STEFAN HAUPT

Based in San Francisco, Moshe Cohen works and creates in the world of the funny. For 35 years now, he has pursued excellence in the elusive art form called Clown, seeking to bring more lightness and laughter into the world through his actions, be it as a teacher, a performer or actor. In 2015, he traveled to Japan to play a role in Fukushima, mon Amour. It is his second collaboration with Doris Dörrie, like whom he has a deep connection with Japan. For many years, Moshe studied Butoh dance with Kazuo Ohno, and continues to develop Butohclown.

Stefan Haupt was born in 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland. His film The Circle won the Audience Award at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival, the Teddy Award and the 2015 Swiss Film Award for Best Feature Film. The film was also the official Swiss entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Earlier works include the feature Utopia Blues (Swiss Film Award 2002), How About Love (Berlin & Beyond 2011) and his documentary Facing Death: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (2003) and Sagrada (2012), both international public successes.

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FRITJOF HOHAGEN

As writer-producer, Fritjof Hohagen is the creative force at Munichand Berlin-based Enigma Film, which he founded in 2005. He has produced or coproduced 10 feature films, including: the historical family feature The Black Brothers (Berlin & Beyond 2014) directed by Academy Award winning director Xavier Koller, and the film adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Eli Wiesel's novel Dawn, starring Jason Isaacs. Recently, he produced the TV film Under the Radar, which won the 2016 International Emmy Award, and the feature Hanna’s Sleeping Dogs, which won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Screenplay at the 2016 Shanghai International Film Festival.

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INGO RASPER Ingo Rasper was born in 1974, in Hildesheim. A graduate of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, he wrote and directed the awardwinning shorts Dufte and Neuschwanstein Conspiracy. In 2003, he studied at UCLA and gained experience in the American film industry. His feature debut Fashion Victims won three awards at the 2007 Max Ophüls Festival, the NDR Newcomer Director Award and Best First Feature at Berlin & Beyond. Since 2009, he has made several TV features, including Close to Your Heart, which garnered the Best Actress Award at the German Academy for Television for Dagmar Manzel and a 2016 Golden Camera Award nomination.

JOHANNA PFAFF Courtesy of Johanna Pfaff

Johanna Pfaff was born in 1979 in Kempten, Germany. She has worked as an assistant director for more than 50 films worldwide and has collaborated with Max Zähle on various projects over the years, including his Student Academy Award-winning and Oscarnominated short Raju and his feature debut Scrappin'.

JAN TENHAVEN Courtesy of Jan Tenhaven

Berlin-based filmmaker Jan Tenhaven was born in 1969 in Essen, Germany. Following his studies of Political and Media Sciences and his posts as a television journalist in the UK, USA and Singapore, he began directing documentaries in 2001. His first theatrically released film, Autumn Gold, won numerous international awards at festivals such as Hot Docs Toronto and IDFA Amsterdam. Other films include: Pretty Ugly, Ireland - Three Shades Of Green and Escape to Germany.

MAX ZÄHLE

Max Zähle was born in 1977 in Hannover, Germany. Prior to his postgraduate studies in directing at Hamburg Media School (2008 -10), he worked as an editor and director for the advertising and music industry. His laconic short comedy Tidelanders (2009) was wellreceived by international audiences. In 2010, he spent several months in Calcutta, India, writing and shooting his graduate film Raju, which was honored with numerous awards, including the Student Academy Award in 2011, and was nominated for the Oscar (Live Action Short) in 2012. Scrappin' is his feature debut. BerlinBeyond.com

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OPENING NIGHT PARTY Feb. 3, 2017 9:45 p.m. The Castro Theatre, San Francisco Celebrate the festival with old and new friends at our Opening Night Party. Meet our special guest filmmakers and film stars, and savor a vast variety of appetizers and drinks from the Bay Area and beyond! $60.00 Film & Party Includes one ticket to the 8:00 p.m. Opening Night Film “Scrappin’”

SWISS WINDOW

DARK FORTUNE FINSTERES GLÜCK

Sun. Feb. 5, 2017 12:30 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco North American Premiere 114 mins. Switzerland (2016). DCP. Swiss German w/ English subtitles. Director/Screenwriter: Stefan Haupt Starring: Eleni Haupt, Noé Ricklin, Elisa Plüss, Chiara Carla Bär, Martin Hug Cinematography: Tobias Dengler Producer: Rudolf Santschi, Triluna Film World Sales: WIDE Winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 2016 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Dark Fortune director Stefan Haupt (Berlin & Beyond alum: How About Love, The Circle) opens up a spectrum of emotion in this sensitive new feature, based on the novel by Lukas Hartmann. A country drive. A solar eclipse. In an instant, a child’s world is destroyed. Eight-year old Yves (newcomer Noé Ricklin) is the sole survivor of a highway accident that kills his entire family. In a hospital back in Zurich, Yves lapses into a profoundly troubled state: he 20

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can neither grieve nor acknowledge his own pain. Child psychologist Eliane (Eleni Haupt), a veteran clinician, refuses to weep over the broken boy: she gives him space, care, and company. Though Eliane has family problems of her own—her teenage daughters are constantly at odds with each other and with her—Yves grows ever larger in her life. As Eliane becomes the closest thing Yves has to a friend, a parent, or an assurance that life goes on, she tentatively brings him into her own family. But when Yves’ aunt and grandmother close in, Eliane cannot shake the feeling that they do not have Yves’ best interests at heart—and that the wreck that orphaned him might not have been an accident. Sharply photographed in crisp, autumnal colors by Tobias Dengler, Dark Fortune is shot through with a quiet mystery and awe at the darkness in our hearts and souls—and the light that can eclipse it. ― Martin Schwartz Swiss Window is presented in cooperation with the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco.

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HEIDI

WONDERLAND HEIMATLAND

Sun. Feb. 5, 2017 10:00 a.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco Northern California Premiere

Tue. Feb. 7, 2017 7:00 p.m. Goethe-Institut, San Francisco U.S. West Coast Premiere

Director: Alain Gsponer Starring: Anuk Steffen, Bruno Ganz, Quirin Agrippi, Isabelle Ottmann, Anna Schinz, Katharina Schüttler U.S. Distributor: Film Movement

Directors: Michael Krummenacher, Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller Starring: Peter Jecklin, Dashmir Ristemi, Julia Glaus, Michèle Schaub, Jackson Florin Schmidig World Sales: WIDE

105 mins. Switzerland, Germany (2015). DCP. German & Swiss German w/ English subtitles. The most successful Swiss film in Swiss box office history and winner of the 2016 German Film Award for Best Children's Film. Orphan girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood together with her eccentric grandfather in an isolated cabin in the Swiss mountains. Together with her friend Peter, she tends to her grandfather's goats and enjoys freedom in the mountains to the fullest. But these carefree times come to an abrupt end when Heidi is taken to Frankfurt by her Aunt Dete. Based on the 1881 children’s fiction by Johanna Spyri.

99 mins. Switzerland, Germany (2015). BD. German and French w/ English subtitles. A hurricane of catastrophic proportions is brewing over Switzerland. The country is in a state of emergency. Ten directors from a new generation of filmmakers imagine how the Swiss would deal with the worst possible disaster: the downfall of their country.

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BERLIN & BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL MEMORIES

Katja von Garnier Marc Rothemund 2014

Doris Dörrie 2015 Mario Adorf Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree 2012

ALP 2016

Philipp Leinemann, Sophoan Sorn, Pepe Danquart, Ronald Zehrfeld, Samuel Schneider 2015

Nicolas Steiner 2016

Organ performances before the evening shows of Berlin & Beyond at the legendary Castro Theatre.

Tom Schilling Spotlight Award in Acting Honoree 2016

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Photographs by Barak Shrama

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Anke Engelke 2016

Hannelore Elsner Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree 2015

ALP’s Konrad Hempel, Mattef Kuhlmey, Alex Lode 2016

ALP + Berlin, Symphony of a Great City 2016

Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt 2016

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SHORT FILMS

SHORTS PROGRAM 2017

AYNY - MY SECOND EYE

WHERE THE WOODS END

Tue. Feb. 7, 2017 5:00 p.m. Goethe-Institut, San Francisco Déjà vu: German film schools ruled the Foreign Language categories of The Academy’s 43rd Student Academy Awards® in 2016. As in 2015, works from German film schools won three medals again: the gold and silver in the Foreign Narrative category and the very first medal of the newly created Foreign Animation category. This is a vivid example of the promise of German cinema’s future. Another great example links to the director of this year’s Berlin & Beyond Opening Night Film: Max Zähle’s short film Raju won the 2011 Student Academy Award – Foreign Narrative Bronze, and in 2012, it was nominated for the Academy Award in the Live Action Short category. Now, we are thrilled to celebrate the International Premiere of his first cinema feature film, Scrappin'. ― Sophoan Sorn

INVENTION OF TRUST

INVENTION OF TRUST Director: Alex Schaad, University of Television and Film Munich Starring: Dimitrij Schaad, Ulrich Wessel, Petra M. Nerette, Patrick Finger, Sierk Radzei 30 mins. Germany (2016). German w/ English subtitles. Winner of the 2016 Student Academy Award – Foreign Narrative Gold. The young teacher Michael Gewa receives a mysterious message – the personal rating service "b.good" has bought his online and mobile data to evaluate his professional skills and his personality in several categories. After neglecting the consequences, he finds himself in a moral fight for trust in the midst of students, colleagues and friends.

WHERE THE WOODS END AM ENDE DER WALD

Director: Ahmad Saleh of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne 11 mins. Germany, Jordan, Palestine (2016). Arabic w/ English subtitles.

Director: Felix Ahrens of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF Starring: Henrike v. Kuick, Tom Keune, Anna Schinz, Justus Carrière 30 mins. Germany (2016). German w/ English subtitles.

Winner of the 2016 Student Academy Award – Foreign Animation Gold. A cruel war has taken two brothers’ home. Their mother protects them under her arms, anxious that her sons could be in danger if they leave the house. But the boys chase their dream to play a music instrument they’ve fallen in love with. A beautiful Oud. They collect scrap metal to earn the money and must find out that their mother’s fear was for a good reason. But as strong birds will always fly, the two boys become one to overcome their trauma.

Winner of the 2016 Student Academy Award – Foreign Narrative Silver. Elke, a young police officer, and her colleague Armin are on patrol close to the Czech border. During a routine stop and search operation a young Czech man resists their police orders and in the heat of the moment gets shot by Elke. As a result, Elke gets suspended while the police investigate internally. She sinks into a deep sense of guilt, and makes her way to the Czech Republic in order to find the family of the man she killed.

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Youth 4German Cinema Y4GC 2016-2017 PROGRAM 2016-2017 marks the fourth year of the Youth 4 German Cinema program, organized by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco’s Language Department, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival and the North American youth portal Step Into German. Chosen from a pool of over 100 applicants, the Y4GC program of 2016-2017 offers high school-aged students across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada the opportunity to: go behind the scenes and participate at an international film festival; meet industry professionals; participate in a short filmmaking camp; increase cross-cultural awareness through cinema; and participate in the selection of two winning films for the Youth 4 German Cinema “Festival Field Trip” that will screen at the festival for hundreds of visiting of middle school and high school students.

INTERNATIONAL JURY • Ainara Murueta Arreola, 16, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico • Logan Tarbert Chelmo, 15, Shakopee, Minnesota • Alienor Rose Goodman, 16, New York City, New York • Jonathan Christopher Kuse, 16, St. Louis, Missouri • Philip Alexander Schwenteck, 17, Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Angel Olea Romero Ugarte, 17, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

FILM CAMP The jury members will participate in a special filmmaking workshop dedicated to screenwriting, led by Oliver Schütte.

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The 2016-2017 Youth for German Cinema Jury chose Evi Goldbrunner and Joachim Dollhopf’s unique father-and-son story At Eye Level as this year’s winning film and awarded runner-up honors to Andreas Gruber's post-war, coming-of-age drama Hanna's Sleeping Dogs. Oliver Schütte studied film and theater in Berlin. He has been a screenwriter for film and television since 1986. Since 1990, he has been working as a script consultant. From 1995 until 2008, he was the Director of the Master School Drehbuch, an institution for the basic and advanced education of screenwriters, script consultants and producers. In 2001 and 2007, he was invited to Grinnell College in Iowa as a writer-inresidence. He is also the Managing Director of the film production company tellfilm Deutschland, and a founding member of the German Film Academy. BerlinBeyond.com

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Y4GC MEMORIES • Y4GC 2015-2016 jury on the red carpet. Back row: Doran Hudson (Canada), Rafael González (Mexico), Patrick Keen (USA), West Givens (USA). Front row: Glenn Stanton (USA), Zoé ArnoldTrottier (Canada), Renata Larios (Mexico), Dunia Suuck (USA).

• Y4GC jury group photo beneath the Castro Theatre marquee with Sabine Erlenwein, Julia Koch, Sophoan Sorn and Alisa Mayer. • Film Director Mara Eibl-Eibesfelt accepted the Y4GC 2015-2016 Runner-up Award for her film The Spiderwebhouse.

• Students from across Northern California packed the Castro Theatre for the screenings of the two Y4GC-winning films.

• Together with video producer and Film Camp leader Marcus Sporkmann, the Y4GC jury made a short film in the Mission District called Youth on the Streets Where I Live.

• West Givens (USA), Doran Hudson (Canada), and Rafael González (Mexico) onstage.

• Glenn Stanton (USA) interviews German actor Tom Schilling on the Opening Night red carpet. • Post-film Q&A in the grand Castro Theatre.

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HANNA’S SLEEPING DOGS

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Youth 4 German Cinema Winner

Youth 4 German Cinema Runner-up

Fri. Feb. 3, 2017 10:00 a.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco North American Premiere

Fri. Feb. 3, 2017 12:15 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco U.S. West Coast Premiere In Person: Producer Fritjof Hohagen

Directors: Evi Goldbrunner, Joachim Dollhopf Starring: Luis Vorbach, Jordan Prentice, Ella Frey, Marco Licht, Anica Dobra Production: Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Martin Richter Filmproduktion, Westside Filmproduktion 99 mins. Germany (2016). DCP. German w/ English subtitles. Michael, an 11 year old orphan, lives in a children's home and has to fight each day to win the respect of the other children. One day, he finds out who his real father is and writes him a letter. His father, Tom, happens to be a person of short stature, who is even shorter than Michael. He wants to accept the challenge of fatherhood, even though he knew nothing about Michael until now. For Michael, Tom’s handicap is a disaster, as he feels that it is the opposite of the manliness and strength he envisioned his father to have. When the other children find out, Michael’s life becomes a nightmare and he runs away from the children's home. With no other place to go, he moves in with Tom. As time passes, they discover that they have more in common than other sons and fathers, and form an unlikely bond.

Director: Andreas Gruber Starring: Hannelore Elsner, Nike Seitz, Franziska Weisz, Rainer Egger, Elfriede Irrall World Sales: Picture Tree International 124 mins. Germany, Austria (2016). BD. German w/ English subtitles. Growing up as a good Catholic girl in the provincial Austrian town of Wels in the late 1960s, nine-year-old Johanna learns from her grandmother her family‘s secret that they are Jewish. After the war they had reinvented themselves as devout Catholics. Johanna, however, is determined not to hide. She wants to be proud of her heritage and now becomes Hanna. But the "sleeping dogs" are awake, they are starting to bark and they still have their teeth. Hanna's Sleeping Dogs is based on the novel "Schlafende Hunde" by Elisabeth Escher, in which she recounts her true life experience. Writer-director Andreas Gruber grew up with her in Wels in the 1960s, and thus, is also personally familiar with the story‘s milieu.

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CLOSE TO YOUR HEART

SPECIAL PREMIERE

BESUCH FÜR EMMA

Sun. Feb. 5, 2017 6:15 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco International Premiere In Person: Director Ingo Rasper

Dagmar Manzel received the German Television Academy Award for Best Actress and the nomination for Best German Actress at the 2016 Golden Camera.

92 mins. Germany (2015). BD. German w/ English subtitles.

Supermarket cashier Emma is lonely. In her desperation she starts pinching customers' wallets and subsequently presents herself as the honest finder. As soon as people drop by her apartment to get their wallet back, a fresh and tasty meal is already waiting for them. The visitors never stay long and Emma remains on her own. One day, during one of her mischievous acts, the homeless man August gets arrested instead of Emma. When he returns from police custody, he confronts Emma, and a complicated friendship begins.

Director: Ingo Rasper Starring: Dagmar Manzel, Henry Hübchen Screenwriter: Karlotta Ehrenberg Cinematography: Klaus Merkel Producers: Rima Schmidt, Corinna Marx, Valeria Pauz Production: Novafilm Fernsehproduktion GmbH and ARD Degeto Presented with the support of the:

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CENTER OF MY WORLD

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VERFEHLUNG

Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 12:00 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco Northern California Premiere

Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 10:00 a.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco Northern California Premiere

Director: Jakob M. Erwa Starring: Louis Hofmann, Jannik Schümann, Sabine Timoteo, Ada Philine Stappenbeck World Sales: m-appeal

Director: Gerd Schneider Starring: Sebastian Blomberg, Kai Schumann, Jan Messutat, Sandra Borgmann World Sales: Pluto Film

115 mins. Germany, Austria (2016). DCP. German w/ English subtitles.

95 mins. Germany (2015). DCP. German w/ English subtitles.

Best Feature Film (ex-aequo) winner at the 2016 Florence Queer Festival in Italy and in competition at the 2016 Moscow International Film Festival in Russia.

Audience Choice Award winner at the 2016 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

After a summer away at camp, Phil returns home to find that his mother and twin sister are not speaking to each another. Not willing to confront his family during the last days of the summer holidays, Phil escapes to hang out with his best friend, Kat, eating ice cream and playing dressup. As the school year begins, a new student arrives – the handsome and mysterious Nicholas. Smitten, Phil watches his crush as he runs around the track after school, and is thrilled when Nicholas returns his feelings. However, when first love’s volatility comes to light, Phil realizes he must deal with the problems of his past, in order to deal with the issues of his present.

The life and faith of Catholic prison chaplain Jakob Voelz is fundamentally troubled when his best friend and fellow priest Dominik Bertram is taken in custody under suspicion of sexual abuse. Jakob would be more than happy to believe Dominik is innocent. Yet, what Jakob is beginning to suspect becomes a crucial test for his faith and his selfconception as a priest: There is a truth we welcome and there is a truth we fear, about which we tend to fall silent. Jakob begins to turn against that silence within the church, in order to discover the truth.

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Sun. Feb. 5, 2017 3:30 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco San Francisco Premiere 113 mins. France, Germany (2016). DCP. French & German w/ English subtitles. Director/Screenwriter: François Ozon Starring: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber Cinematography: Pascal Marti Producers: Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer U.S. Distributor: Music Box Films Lead actress Paula Beer was honored with the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Talent at the 2016 Venice International Film Festival in Italy. Official Selection in the Spotlight section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

François Ozon is one of the most prolific directors in French cinema, yet his work never ceases to surprise. His latest stylistic left-turn is a largely black-and-white period piece, loosely adapted from the 1932 Ernst Lubitsch drama Broken Lullaby. When the film begins, young German Anna (Paula Beer) is still grieving the death of her soldier fiancé, Frantz. Living a somber existence with Frantz’s equally bereft parents, Anna is surprised to find that a mysterious stranger has been visiting Frantz’s grave. This turns out to be Adrien (Pierre Niney), a Frenchman who was once close friends with Frantz when they both lived in Paris. Though hesitant at first, Anna and Frantz’s parents eventually warm to Adrien. Yet nothing in this intricately plotted film is quite what it seems, and Anna must take it upon herself to discover more about Adrien’s past and come to terms with her own grief. Adding a new degree of visual refinement and emotional resonance to Ozon’s filmography, Frantz is a skillfully executed and intensely moving cinematic experience. ― Philadelphia Film Festival

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IN LOVE WITH LOU – A PHILOSOPHER'S LIFE LOU ANDREAS-SALOMÉ

Fri. Feb. 3, 2017 5:30 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco U.S. Premiere

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2016 Internationales Filmfest EmdenNorderney.

113 mins. Germany, Austria (2016). DCP. German w/ English subtitles.

The legendary writer and psychoanalyst Lou Andreas-Salomé is leading a lonely existence in Göttingen in 1933, threatened by the Nazi regime. When German philologist Ernst Pfeiffer enters her life, she begins to write her memoirs with him. Born in 1861 in St. Petersburg, she had vowed never to fall in love, but to pursue intellectual perfection. She meets Paul Rée and Friedrich Nietzsche and against all conventions of time, Lou and Rée live and study together in Berlin. Lou attains her goal of an intellectual and free-spirited life, but when she meets the young and still unknown writer Rainer Maria Rilke, she falls in love with him. After they break up, she has numerous affairs. Lou begins attending Sigmund Freud’s lectures, becoming a highly-esteemed psychoanalyst, and finally recognizes the trauma of her youth.

Director: Cordula Kablitz-Post Starring: Nicole Heesters, Katharina Lorenz, Liv Lisa Fries, Julius Feldmeier, Merab Ninidze, Alexander Scheer, Katharina Schüttler Screenwriters: Cordula Kablitz-Post, Susanne Hertel Cinematography: Matthias Schellenberg Producers: Cordula Kablitz-Post, Helge Sasse, Gabriele Kranzelbinder World Sales: ARRI Media International

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THE GENERAL CASE

TOO HARD TO HANDLE

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MÄNGELEXEMPLAR

Mon. Feb. 6, 2017 7:30 p.m. Goethe-Institut, San Francisco U.S. West Coast Premiere

Fri. Feb. 3, 2017 3:00 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco North American Premiere

Director: Stephan Wagner Starring: Ulrich Noethen, David Kross, Bernhard Schütz, Dieter Schaad Production: Das Erste (ARD)

Director: Laura Lackman Starring: Claudia Eisinger, Katja Riemann, Barbara Schöne, Laura Tonke World Sales: Beta Cinema

89 mins. Germany (2016). BD. German w/ English subtitles.

117 mins. Germany (2016). DCP. German w/ English subtitles.

Germany in the 1950s: After World War II, the German government is still full of former Nazis in powerful political and judicial positions. Amidst this rotten structure, Hessian Solicitor General Fritz Bauer tries to bring a stop to the frequent cover-ups of Nazi crimes. However, it remains a lonesome struggle. The Secret Service is openly working against him. Despite the odds, Fritz Bauer plans his coup: The arrest of former SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Adolf Eichmann, who had fled to Argentina after the war in 1945. However, after Eichmann’s successful capture, Fritz Bauer does not cease to track down other exalted politicians of state. His next target is the closest confident of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

Laura Tonke won Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2016 German Film Awards.

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A tragicomedy about love, life and therapy in Berlin - like a Woody Allen in high spirits. 30-year-old Karo seems to lead a perfect hipster life: totally extroverted, funky clothes, freaky friends, and a job in one of the city’s most trendy media companies. But Karo’s inner life is far beyond the usual extroverted Berlin city hipster attitudes: Karo’s life seems to happen between the fatal extremes of impatience, deep sadness and emotional excess, only to be interrupted by devasting panic attacks. Completely out of control, she loses her job, her friends and her boyfriend. Despite seeking therapy, her overeagerness to become the all-perfect patient plunges her into an even deeper mess. More and more forced into severe depressions by the fear of being alone, Karo has to admit that solving problems isn’t that easy, especially if her own twisted life represents the problem!

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LATE SHOW

GLEIßENDES GLÜCK

Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 10:30 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco U.S. West Coast Premiere 102 mins. Germany (2016). DCP. German w/ English subtitles. Director: Sven Taddicken Starring: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Tukur, Johannes Krisch Screenwriters: Sven Taddicken, Stefanie Veith, Hendrik Hölzemann Cinematography: Daniela Knapp Producers: Manuel Bickenbach, Alexander Bickenbach World Sales: Picture Tree International Winner of the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Europa Cinema Award at the 2016 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.

Helene Brindel’s childless marriage shows no signs of harmony, and the somber woman has also lost her faith in God. “Where are You?” she asks from behind a veil of melancholy that separates her from the real world of relative luxury in a quiet suburban neighborhood. Liberation from the emotional trap of gloomy thoughts and insomnia appears one day in the person of charismatic psychologist Eduard Gluck, a self-assured and charming speaker for “new cybernetics,” which claims the ability to control reality with the mind and the possibility of “reprogramming oneself.” But a surprising secret hides behind his elegantly formulated guidelines for a lifestyle whose self-centeredness Gluck tries to conceal with mild irony. Even viewers who know their filmographies well will be surprised by Martina Gedeck (The Lives of Others), Ulrich Tukur (The White Ribbon), and Johannes Krisch (Revanche) as the stars of this uncommon psychological romance, a highly original adaptation of the novel of the same name by renowned Scottish writer A. L. Kennedy. ― Karel Och, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

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CIVIL SERVANTS

EVA HESSE

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Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 3:00 p.m. Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland

Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 8:00 p.m. Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland

Wed. Feb. 8, 2017 5:30 p.m. Goethe-Institut, San Francisco

Wed. Feb. 8, 2017 7:30 p.m. Goethe-Institut, San Francisco

North American Premiere

Director: Marcie Begleiter Featuring: Eva Hesse, William Hesse, Sol LeWitt, Selma Blair, Bob Balaban, Patrick Kennedy U.S. Distributor: Zeitgeist Films

Director: Marie Wilke Featuring: Kathrin Cruz, Patrick Ehrlich, Christian Franke, Viktor Seletsky, Ann-Kathrin Krauß World Sales: Kundschafter Filmproduktion 81 mins. Germany (2015). DVD. German w/ English subtitles. Civil Servants follows the first year of young police officers in the police academy and on the beat in Eastern Germany. After simulating the “real world” inside the academy, they have to face quite a different reality: right-wing protesters who reject the state, democracy and immigrants; domestic violence; poverty; the general decay of structures in people’s lives. The young police officers are the thin blue line between the ideals of Western democracy and the threat of its decline.

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108 mins. USA, Germany (2016). DVD and BD. English Eva Hesse (1936-1970) is one of America’s foremost postwar artists. Her pioneering sculptures, using latex, fiberglass, and plastics, helped establish the post-minimalist movement. Dying of a brain tumor at age 34, she had a mere decade-long career that, despite its brevity, is dense with complex, intriguing works that defy easy categorization. This documentary features her correspondence with close friend and mentor Sol LeWitt, along with interviews with artists Richard Serra, Robert Mangold, and Dan Graham, who recall her passionate, ambitious, tenacious personality. The documentary also captures the psychic struggles of an artist who, in the downtown New York art scene of the 1960s, was one of the few women to make work that was taken seriously in a field dominated by male pop artists.

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Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 1:00 p.m. Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland

Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 5:00 p.m. Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland

Mon. Feb. 6, 2017 5:30 p.m. Goethe-Institut, San Francisco

Tue. Feb. 7, 2017 9:00 p.m. Goethe-Institut, San Francisco

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Director: Carolin Genreith World Sales: CORSO Film and Television Production

Director: Daniel Abma World Sales: Rise And Shine World Sales

85 mins. Germany (2016). BD. German w/ English subtitles. When the almost retired father regularly flies to Thailand to enjoy the company of women his daughter’s age, this is understandably embarrassing to the latter. But things are getting serious now: Dieter has been in a stable relationship for three years with Tukta, who calls long distance every morning to wake up the loner and passionate amateur farmer. The wedding is looming. Is this love, as Dieter has persuaded himself? Or more of a “trade”, as his daughter Carolin, the director, accuses him? With some courage she faces not only her father’s unfulfilled desires and fears of being lonely in old age but also her own ambivalent feelings. ― Lars Meyer, DOK Leipzig

86 mins. Germany, Netherlands, Cuba (2016). BD. Spanish, Dutch, English w/ English subtitles. Once a year, two plastic surgeons from Holland and Belgium fly to Havana to perform surgery on five Cuban transgender persons. The surgeons are invited by Mariela Castro, daughter of the President and head of the new state program for transgender care. Castro organizes this as a modern completion of the socialist revolution of 1959 because, in her words, it is all about emancipation and self-realization. "Homophobia no, socialismo si!" is the official slogan. The state helps transgender people with therapy, hormones, surgery and a new identity. Is Cuba changing into a safe haven for trans people? For more than one year, filmmakers Daniel Abma and Alex Bakker follow the three main characters Odette, Juani and Malú and show how they deal with the reality of being transgender in Cuba.

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SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION

Sat. Feb. 4, 2017 5:00 p.m. Castro Theatre, San Francisco World Premiere In Person: Director Jan Tenhaven and other special guests from the film. 90 mins. Germany (2017). BD. English and German w/ English subtitles. Director/Writer: Jan Tenhaven Starring: Dan Bricklin, Bruce Damer, Mary Eisenhart, Lee Felsenstein, Bob Frankston, Andy Hertzfeld, Daniel Kottke, John Markoff, Tim Paterson, Heidi Roizen, Larry Tesler, Jennifer Warnes, Jim Warren Cinematography: Sven Kiesche Producer: Stephan Lamby World Sales: ZDF Enterprises

WORLD PREMIERE

This documentary tells the forgotten stories of some of the most influential personal computer pioneers in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the late 1960s, big mainframe computers owned by large corporations and the government were seen as tools of control. The Hippie movement and the anti-Vietnam war protests served as a hotbed for a revolutionary idea: creating an affordable home computer to be used by ordinary people – as a counterbalance to Big Brother. The rest is history, but what has happened to the early ideals and the initial ethos of free sharing? As one of the visionaries puts it: “It’s true that what I helped to create is today’s establishment. That’s what I was trying to get rid of: the establishment.”

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THANK YOU (in alphabetical order) Agentur Vogel Anna Ralston, United Swiss Societies of Northern California Anne Laurent, Austrian Film Commission Anja Dziersk, Rise and Shine World Sales Arndt Peltner Birthe Landerer, GISSV Center for Asian American Media (CAAM): Jennifer Chu Masashi Niwano Consulate General of Austria, L.A.: Consul General Ulrike Ritzinger Simone Bliss Consulate General of Germany, S.F.: Consul General Stefan Schlüter Deputy Consul General Johannes Bloos Vice Consul Stefan Hoess Consul Patrick Heinz Consulate General of Switzerland, S.F.: Consul General Hans-Ulrich Tanner Martin Schwartz Carmen Archouniani Cosima Finkbeiner, Beta Cinema Cristina Marx, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF Emily Russo, Zeitgeist Films, NYC Erik Winker, CORSO Film, Cologne European Film Promotion Shooting Stars: Karin Dix Frameline: Des Buford Reena Karia German Films: Mariette Rissenbeek Nicole Kaufmann Angela Hawkins Martin Scheuring Goethe-Institut Zentrale, Munich: Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President Johannes Ebert, Secretary General Joachim Bernauer Johannes Hossfeld Robert Distelrath Grants for the Arts Ingo Rasper Jan Tenhaven Jennifer Louie, Intersection Julia Nelson, San Francisco Film Society Katja Szigat, Players Agentur Kundschafter Filmproduktion, Berlin Lukas Engelmann, Dee Vine Wines Majestic Filmverleih, Berlin m-appeal, Berlin: Bard Ydén Torsten Schulze Martin Rauchbauer, Open Austria

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SCREENING VENUES

• CASTRO THEATRE MAIN SCREENINGS $15.00 – Admission

CASTRO THEATRE (Feb. 3-5) 429 Castro St. (at Market) San Francisco, CA 94114 Parking can be difficult; please allow extra time if arriving by car. Taxis and public transportation are recommended: • MUNI Metro lines - K, L, M (exit at Castro station). • F Market streetcar – Bus lines: 33, 35, 37, 24. • BART connects to MUNI Metro at Embarcadero, Montgomery, Powell, and Civic Center stations.

• OPENING NIGHT FILM (Scrappin’) $20.00 – Admission • CASTRO CLOSING NIGHT FILM (Fukushima, mon Amour) $20.00 – Admission • GOETHE-INSTITUT SCREENINGS • OAKLAND SCREENINGS $10.00 – Admission (no discounts) • FAMILY MATINÉE (Heidi) • YOUTH 4 GERMAN CINEMA FILMS (At Eye Level, Hanna’s Sleeping Dogs) $9.00 – Admission (no discounts)

GOETHE-INSTITUT AUDITORIUM (Feb. 6-8) 530 Bush Street (street entry, near Grant) San Francisco, CA 94108 Sutter-Stockton parking garage across the street. • Nearest BART/MUNI station: Montgomery.

DISCOUNT PRICES for select Castro screenings: $2.00 off per ticket for Seniors 65+, Students (26 years old or younger), and Disabled Individuals. A special $3.00 off per ticket for Berlin & Beyond Members (2 discounted tickets per member).

OAKLAND: PRO ARTS GALLERY (Feb. 4) 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (ground floor gallery) Oakland, CA 94612 Street parking available. Paid lots nearby. • BART 12th Street Oakland City Center station Exit via Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

PACKAGES & PASSES

HOW TO BUY TICKETS

OPENING FILM + PARTY PACKAGES • $60.00 (no discounts)

ONLINE AT BERLINBEYOND.COM Advance tickets for all screenings and events. Convenience fees will apply.

CASTRO PRIORITY PASS • $240.00 – General Public • $200.00 – Berlin & Beyond Member One pass valid for all public screenings at the Castro Theatre (Feb. 3-5, 2017), with priority entry. Not valid for the parties, nor other venues, nor VIP seating.

GOETHE-INSTITUT, SAN FRANCISCO • Jan. 30-Feb. 2: 12:30 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Advance tickets for all shows. Cash only. • Feb. 6-8: 30 minutes before each screening. Day of show tickets, if available. Cash only.

POLICIES

CASTRO THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO • Feb. 3-5: Castro Theatre main box office sells tickets for day of shows only. Cash only.

CASTRO VOUCHERS Castro Vouchers may be redeemed at the door for any general priced screening at the Castro Theatre Feb. 3-5, 2017. Not valid for Opening Night, Closing Night, special events, nor any venues other than the Castro Theatre.

BERLIN & BEYOND ANNEX BOX OFFICE • Feb. 3-5: 1:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. For passes, discount tickets and advanced tickets, visit Annex Box Office behind the Castro Theatre’s ticket booth. Cash only.

WILL CALL BOOTH AND POLICY Will Call tickets may be picked up on the day of the screening. Will Call opens 30 minutes prior to each screening and closes 30 minutes after each screening begins. • Must have valid proof of ID to pick up tickets. • Will call pick up is only available on the day of the show. Arrive at least 15 minutes prior to screening to guarantee seating. No refunds. No exchanges.

PRO ARTS GALLERY, OAKLAND • Feb. 4: 20 minutes before each screening. Day of show tickets, if available. Cash only. CONNECT Mailing Address: Berlin & Beyond Goethe-Institut 530 Bush Street, Suite 204 San Francisco, CA 94108 Email: festival@sanfrancisco.goethe.org Phone: (415) 263-8763 (M-F, 12:00 P.M.–5:00 P.M.)