Juliette Binoche and Berlinale, which will take place from February 10 through 16 in the presence of a large French delegation, led by  Claire Denis, Rithy Panh who will present their new films in Competition. Parallel to the festival, the EFM (European Film Market) will mainly take place online this year.

Nine French films (or French coproductions) have the honors of the official selection this year, including François Ozon, which will open the festival, in the presence of the director and his cast Denis Ménochet. Juliette Binoche and Both Sides of the Blade, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, Quito Rayon-Richter, and The Passengers of the Night.

A French film will also open the Panorama strand: Nobody's Hero. Guiraudie will present his film along with cast members Doria Tillier, and Rookies by Thierry Demaizière will open this section. Lastly, Félicité at the 2017 edition of the Berlinale, will present his film, Isabelle Huppert for lifetime achievement, and on this occasion About Joan, starring Huppert, will be screened in the director's presence.

Almost forty French artists will travel to the festival to encounter Berlin audiences and the international press. Strict protocols will be in place, due to the pandemic, which will allow the festival to take place physically in traditional style 

The following artists will be present (to be confirmed): Léa Drucker, Anaïs Demoustier (Bertrand Bonello, Louise Labèque (Mitra Farahani (Éric Baudelaire, A Flower in the Mouth), Alban Teurlai (Rafiki Fariala (undisclosed coproduction shares)

Gala

• Quentin Dupieux
• Laurent Larivière
• Dario Argento (minority-French coproduction)

Forum

• Alain Gomis
• Éric Baudelaire
• Philip Scheffner (minority-French coproduction)

Berlinale Special

• Laurent Charbonnier & Coma by See You Friday, Robinson by Small, Slow but Steady by West Indies by Rookies by Alban Teurlai (opening film)

Berlinale Hommage

• Paul Verhoeven
• Mia Hansen-Løve
• Claude Goretta
• Michael Haneke
• Jean-Luc Godard
• François Ozon
• Claude Chabrol

Berlinale Series

• Podezření (Suspicion) by Štěpán Hulík (Franco-Czech coproduction in four episodes)

Short films - International Competition

• Pedro Cabeleira
• Atsushi Wada
• Amandine Meyer
• Jean-Sébastien Chauvin

Short films - Generation Competition

• Adam Sillard, Chloé Farr
• Britt Raes

Short films - Forum Expanded

• Mawena Yehouessi
• Maxime Jean-Baptiste