16th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival October 20, 2011

Oct 20-26, films, panels and parties start at various times in afternoon and evening

The Berlin & Beyond Film Festival (Oct 20-26) celebrates its 16th year with an exceptional lineup of the year's best films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and an array of panels, parties and industry guests sure to delight both the cineast and the casual fan of German language film. Presenting over 20 films and a forward-thinking program of short films and on-stage discussions, this year's Berlin & Beyond Film Festival celebrates the theme "Light, Love & Revolution" with a number of international programs building on a core of films illuminating Germany's volatile post-war era. Other programming strands explored in this year's festival are Migration & Multiculturalism and Das Leben Der Kinder (The Lives of Children). Berlin & Beyond opens October 20th and runs through October 26th in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre with an additional encore day in San Jose on the 29th, screening 29 films overall, including three international premieres, and two North American premieres. Highlights of this year's festival including Opening Night film "Almanyaﾠ- Welcome to Germany," Closing Night presentation Andres Veiel's "If Not Us, Who," and the festival's first late-night entry, award-winning Swiss horror entry "Sennentutschi."

Full film listing and ticketing info can be found on the festival website at www.berlinbeyond.com.

Official Website: http://berlinbeyond.com