“Berlin” film festival to be held online

“Berlin” film festival to be held online
The 71st Berlin Film Festival was scheduled for February 11-21.

Sources close to the Berlin Festival said the cinematic event will be held online with a two-week postponement starting in early March and only online.

Officials at the Berlin Film Festival are expected to soon announce a change in the history of Berlinale 2021, as well as holding it online, according to The Good News, quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.

With the re-increase in the number of coronavirus outbreaks in Germany in the past few weeks, speculation that the history or virtualization of this important cinematic event has increased, and the country has been in full lockdown since yesterday (Wednesday, December 17), which has been accompanied by the closure of all unnecessary businesses and schools.

In addition to the online holding of the 71st Berlin Film Festival, which will most likely be on the agenda, the European film market will follow this trend and will be held virtually this year.

The organizers of the European Film Market (EFM) previously planned to physically organise events in addition to online screenings, which seem unlikely given the current circumstances.

The Berlin Festival is said to be planning to screen films in its main competitive section only online, and next summer will also have a smaller-scale festival with in-person screenings, which is actually an example of the three-day Cannes Festival, which took place this year after the cancellation of Cannes 2020 in October, and four films will screen the main competitive section and short films and foundation chests in person. He did.

Berlinale was reportedly scheduled to be held in person with a few months of postponement in April and as usual each year, but the board of directors of the film event, which funds a large part of the festival due to the unreality of the coronavirus, coincided with the 2021 Cannes Festival as well as an early date for the return of international tourists.