09 June 2021, Berlin: Barrier fences with the film festival logo "Berlinale" stand at the Kolonnadenhof on Museum Island before the start of the 71st Berlinale. The summer edition of the International Film Festival opens today with the film "The Mauritanian". The film will be shown in the open-air cinema on Museum Island. The Berlinale runs until June 20. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

09 June 2021, Berlin: A broom and a rake stand in front of a barrier with the logo of the film festival "Berlinale" at the Kolonnadenhof on Museum Island. The summer edition of the International Film Festival opens today with the film "The Mauritanian". The film will be shown at the open-air cinema on Museum Island. The Berlinale runs until June 20. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

09 June 2021, Berlin: Barrier fences with the film festival logo "Berlinale" stand at the Kolonnadenhof on Museum Island before the start of the 71st Berlinale. The summer edition of the International Film Festival opens today with the film "The Mauritanian". The film will be shown in the open-air cinema on Museum Island. The Berlinale runs until June 20. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

09 June 2021, Berlin: The red carpet for the opening of the "Berlinale" film festival has been rolled out in the Kolonadenhof on Museum Island. The summer edition of the International Film Festival opens today with the film "The Mauritanian". The film will be shown in the open-air cinema on Museum Island. The Berlinale runs until June 20. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

09 June 2021, Berlin: The logo of the "Berlinale" film festival can be seen on the wall of a container in the Kolonadenhof on Museum Island. The summer edition of the International Film Festival opens today with the film "The Mauritanian". The film will be shown in the open-air cinema on Museum Island. The Berlinale runs until June 20. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

09 June 2021, Berlin: Logos of the film festival "Berlinale" can be seen on movable walls and a banner in the Kolonnadenhof on Museum Island. The summer edition of the International Film Festival opens today with the film "The Mauritanian". The film will be shown in the open-air cinema on Museum Island. The Berlinale runs until June 20. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

09 June 2021, Berlin: The logo of the "Berlinale" film festival can be seen on two movable walls in the Kolonadenhof on Museum Island. The summer edition of the International Film Festival opens today with the film "The Mauritanian". The film will be shown in the open-air cinema on Museum Island. The Berlinale runs until June 20. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

09 June 2021, Berlin: The logo of the "Berlinale" film festival can be seen on a display wall in the Kolonnadenhof on Museum Island. The summer edition of the International Film Festival opens today with the film "The Mauritanian". The film will be shown in the open-air cinema on Museum Island. The Berlinale runs until June 20. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

08 June 2021, Berlin: The posters of the International Film Festival are set up on Museum Island before the start of the Summer Berlinale on Wednesday. The film festival in Berlin has been split this year. After an industry meeting online in March, there will now be film screenings open-air as a "Summer Special" for the public. The festival will open on 9 June on Museum Island. It will last until 20.06.2021. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

08 June 2021, Berlin: The posters of the International Film Festival are set up on Museum Island before the start of the Summer Berlinale on Wednesday. The film festival in Berlin has been split this year. After an industry meeting online in March, there will now be film screenings open-air as a "Summer Special" for the public. The festival will open on 9 June on Museum Island. It will last until 20.06.2021. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

08 June 2021, Berlin: The posters of the International Film Festival are set up on Museum Island before the start of the Summer Berlinale on Wednesday. The film festival in Berlin has been split this year. After an industry meeting online in March, there will now be film screenings open-air as a "Summer Special" for the public. The festival will open on 9 June on Museum Island. It will last until 20.06.2021. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

08 June 2021, Berlin: The posters of the International Film Festival are set up on Museum Island before the start of the Summer Berlinale on Wednesday. The film festival in Berlin has been split this year. After an industry meeting online in March, there will now be film screenings open-air as a "Summer Special" for the public. The festival will open on 9 June on Museum Island. It will last until 20.06.2021. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

A worker pulls up a large banner advertising the 71st Berlinale film festival on Museum Island in Berlin on June 7, 2021, a few days before the opening of the festival's Summer Special outdoor event. - The coronavirus outbreak forced the Berlinale, one of Europe's top cinema showcases, to push back its usual February event and split it into two parts. It held an all-online edition for critics and industry buyers in March and will now press on with an exclusively outdoor festival for the general public from June 9 - 20. "The Berlinale is pleased to be able to give audiences the enjoyment of an open-air cinema experience at 16 venues in total at the Summer Special," it said in a statement. (Photo by Christoph Soeder / POOL / AFP)

A banner for the Summer Special outdoor event of the 71st Berlinale film festival is seen in front of the Old National Gallery (Alte Nationalgalerie) on Museum Island in Berlin on June 7, 2021, a few days before the start of the event. - The coronavirus outbreak forced the Berlinale, one of Europe's top cinema showcases, to push back its usual February event and split it into two parts. It held an all-online edition for critics and industry buyers in March and will now press on with an exclusively outdoor festival for the general public from June 9 - 20. "The Berlinale is pleased to be able to give audiences the enjoyment of an open-air cinema experience at 16 venues in total at the Summer Special," it said in a statement. (Photo by Christoph Soeder / POOL / AFP)

07 June 2021, Berlin: An event technician attaches a tarp with the words "71st Berlin International Film Festival" to the back of a large screen on Museum Island. The Berlinale Summer Special will be ceremoniously opened on Museum Island on June 9, 2021. On June 13, 2021, the awards ceremony for the prizes already decided by the official juries in March 2021 will take place. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa Pool/dpa

07 June 2021, Berlin: "71st Berlinale Summer Special" is written on the back of a large screen on Museum Island in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie. The Berlinale Summer Special will be ceremoniously opened on Museum Island on 9 June 2021. On June 13, 2021, the awards ceremony for the prizes already decided by the official juries in March 2021 will take place. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa Pool/dpa