The Official Selection has been divided in sub-categories, as directors or genres, not as competitors.
The Faithful (or at least selected once before) The Newcomers Omnibus Film The First Features Documentary Films Comedy Films Animated Films Short Films Competition The films selected for the short film competition were announced on 19 June, a few weeks after the rest of the official selections. Despite the cancellation of the overall festival, the short films were announced with an indication that the competition would still proceed in the fall, with the exact dates and jury members to be named at a later date; in September, it was announced that the short films would be screened as part of the special outdoor screening series on the Croisette in October. ===
Cinéfondation=== The Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury composed of Damien Bonnard, Rachid Bouchareb, Claire Burger, Charles Gillibert, Dea Kulumbegashvili and Céline Sallette, has awarded the 2020 Prizes of the Cinéfondation film school competition on 28 October 2020 on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière as part of “Cannes 2020 Special”. The First Prize was awarded to Ashmita Guha Neogi for the film
Catdog, the Second Prize was awarded to Yelyzaveta Pysmak for the film
My Fat Arse and I and the Joint Third Prize was awarded to Lucia Chicos for
Contraindications and Elsa Rosengren for
I Want to Return Return Return.
Cannes Classics The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 17 July 2020. ==Independent sections==