20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
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Synopsis
Eight-year-old Cocó doesn't fit into the expectations of others and doesn't understand why. Everyone around him insists on calling him Aitor but he does not recognize himself in that name or in the eyes of others. Her mother Ane, mired in a professional and sentimental crisis, will take advantage of the holidays to travel with her three children to her mother's house, where her mother Lita and her aunt Lourdes reside, closely linked to raising bees and honey production. This life-changing summer will force these women from three very different generations to confront their doubts and fears. And above all, Ane to finally be honest with herself.
Film sheet
Eight-year-old Cocó doesn't fit into the expectations of others and doesn't understand why. Everyone around him insists on calling him Aitor but he does not recognize himself in that name or in the eyes of others. Her mother Ane, mired in a professional and sentimental crisis, will take advantage of the holidays to travel with her three children to her mother's house, where her mother Lita and her aunt Lourdes reside, closely linked to raising bees and honey production. This life-changing summer will force these women from three very different generations to confront their doubts and fears. And above all, Ane to finally be honest with herself.
LANGUAGES): Spanish, Basque, French
SUBTITLE: Spanish
COUNTRY(S): Spain
PREMIER TYPE: Regional Premiere
SECTION: First Fiction Opera “Jimmy Sierra”
DIRECTOR(S): Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
PRODUCER(S): Valérie Delpierre, Lara Izagirre
SCREENWRITER(S): Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Gina Ferrer
EDITOR: Raul Barreras
CONTACT: Luxbox
DISTRIBUTION: Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabaraín, Itziar Lazkano, Martxelo Rubio, Sara Cózar, Miguel Garcés
Director's Statement
“I would like it to provoke dialogue and reflection on the issue of trans childhood. I hope it is a tool so that the public can enter into this reality that I have had the privilege of knowing thanks to all these families who have opened their doors to me. There is a lot of ignorance when it comes to judging their lives, because I don't think anyone chooses the most difficult path of their own free will. These people are going to have to navigate many complexities more than any other teenager. "They have chosen a path of struggle that I don't think anyone chooses on a whim."
Festivals and awards
“I would like it to provoke dialogue and reflection on the issue of trans childhood. I hope it is a tool so that the public can enter into this reality that I have had the privilege of knowing thanks to all these families who have opened their doors to me. There is a lot of ignorance when it comes to judging their lives, because I don't think anyone chooses the most difficult path of their own free will. These people are going to have to navigate many complexities more than any other teenager. "They have chosen a path of struggle that I don't think anyone chooses on a whim."
Berlin Film Festival: Best Leading Performance (Sofía Otero) 2023: Goya Awards: 15 nominations, including Best Film, Best Leading Actress, Best New Director 2023: European Film Awards: 2 nominations: Discovery Award and Audience Award 2023: Festival of Malaga Cinema: Best film and actress 2023: Gaudí Awards 9 nominations, including best film (non-Catalan language) 2023: Forque Awards: Best film and Education and Values Award 2023: Feroz Awards: 7 nominations incl
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Llodio, Álava, May 4, 1984) is a film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won awards for Voces de papel (2016), a documentary, and Cuerdas (2022), a short film, while his first feature film, 20.000 species of bees (2023), has won a variety of awards at various film festivals.Urresola was born on May 4, 1984 in Llodio, located in the province of Álava in the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain. She has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of the Basque Country, and in Film Editing from the International School of Film and Television. Urresola has master's degrees in Film Direction and Film Business—Marketing, distribution and international sales from the Higher School of Cinema and Audiovisuals of Catalonia (ESCAC). He has been working since 2011 in the Basque film and television industry. 20.000 species of bees was the Urresola's first feature film. Her goal was for the audience to feel the ups and downs of a family with a transgender girl. The inspiration for the story was the suicide of Ekai Lersundi in 2018. Ekai Lersundi was a 16-year-old transgender boy from Ondárroa who had waited in vain for hormonal treatment. Urresola was affected by the moving note Lersundi left to illustrate his desperation and his hope that disclosing her suffering could bring about social change. In addition to the festival awards that the film itself won and those that Urresola won as director, Otero won an award for best performance, Patricia López Arnaiz won an award for best supporting actress, and there were two awards for best female cast .
Director's Filmography
Feature films:
20.000 species of bees (2023)
Short:
Strings (2022) we are dust (2020)
Grammatical cases (2018)
Nor Nori Nork (2018)
paper voices (2016)
Adri (2013)