Each year the Berlinale comprises about 400 films of every genre, length and format. The festival is divided into the following sections and a mutable number of special presentations.
The Competition, Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series, Encounters, Berlinale Shorts, Panorama, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sections will have a reduced selection of films at the 71st Berlinale due to the pandemic.
The chosen films will be announced in February 2021. The great majority of them will be available online for industry professionals during the European Film Market (March 1 to 5, 2021).
Everyone else will have the opportunity to watch a selection of the films in June – in Berlin cinemas and open-air venues. Detailed information about dates and venues will be released in due course.
