20.000 especies de abejas

20,000 Species of Bees
Director
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Country
Spain
Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Cast
Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain, Itziar Lazkano, Sara Cózar
Production
Gariza Films, Inicia Films, ETB-EITB - Euskal Irrati Telebista, RTVE - Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, Movistar Plus+

Storyline

An eight-year-old is suffering because people keep addressing the child in ways that cause discomfort. They insist on calling the child by the birth name Aitor. And the nickname, Cocó, even if less obviously wrong, does not feel right either. During a summer in the Basque country, the child confides these worries to relatives and friends. But how can a mother handle her child’s quest for identity when she is herself still dealing with her own ambivalent parental legacy?

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Berlin International Film Festival 2023
Competition
Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance (Sofía Otero)
Festival Internacional de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona (D'A) 2023
Opening Session
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2023
Zinemira

Lux Film Prize of European Parliament 2024
Nominated