Sex, Magic and Anarchy: Ten Highlights From Berlin Film Festival 2021 Despite Covid-inflicted limitations, Berlinale’s 2021 lineup was one of its most original and exciting yet. Here, Josh Slater-Williams rounds up ten of the festival’s best breakout releases March 15, 2021 Traditionally the biggest European film festival in the calendar year’s first quarter, the Berlinale unsurprisingly had to shift to an online-only model for its early March incarnation in 2021; one that was only open to industry professionals and buyers, plus journalists reporting on the premieres. (The organisers are planning to host a later in-person repeat of the programme in the summer so that the public can experience the films on the big screen, vaccine rollout permitting).