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The film festival, also known as the Berlinale,
is being planned as a physical festival while a hybrid model of
virtual and on-site events is intended for the European Film
Market (EFM) event running at the same time, the organisers said
in a statement.
The EFM is the business centre of the Berlinale, and is one of
the largest international film market events in the world.
The festival will take place Feb. 11-21 and will observe the
health guidelines in place then so that the greatest possible
security can be guaranteed for all guests, they said.
"Adjustments in the festival structure, the film programming and
the total number of invited films will be defined by the
festival management within the coming weeks," it added.
The Berlin Film Festival, one of the industry's biggest events
in Europe, normally draws 480,000 filmmakers, movie stars and
fans into the cinemas of the German capital.
The festival's Golden Bear is one of the most prestigious awards
in Europe, together with the Palme d'Or of the Cannes festival
in France and the Golden Lion award of the Venice Film Festival.
Cannes, the world's biggest cinema showcase, usually held in May
on the French Riviera, was abandoned following a two-month
lockdown in France to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
(Reporting by Michael Nienaber, Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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