Berlin & Beyond Film Festival is an annual film festival based in San Francisco, California featuring new cinema from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Founded in 1996, the festival is a program of San Francisco's branch of the Goethe-Institut and has become one of the largest and most significant German-speaking film festivals outside of Europe. For 16 years, over 500 films have been presented with over 110,000 attendees. Notable guests have included Doris Dörrie, Bruno Ganz, Michael Verhoeven, Florian David Fitz, Wim Wenders and recently Mario Adorf. Annually, the festival welcomes over 10,000 people, and celebrates seasoned masters, up-and-coming new talents, dynamic new films and momentous classics.