Sinopsis
Eight-year-old Cocó doesn't fit the expectations of the people around and doesn't understand why. Everyone around insists on calling him Aitor, but he does not recognize himself in that name or in the eyes of others. His mother Ane (Patricia López Arnaiz), immersed in a professional and sentimental crisis, will take advantage of the holidays to travel with her three children to the maternal house, where her mother Lita (Itziar Lazkano) and her aunt Lourdes (Ane Gabarain), closely linked to bee breeding and honey production, live. This life-changing summer will force these women from three very different generations to face their doubts and fears. And, above all, it will make Ane finally honest with herself.
Estibaliz Urresola has two bachelor's degrees: in Audiovisual Communication, from the University of the Basque Country, and in Film Editing from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión. Urresola holds two master’s degrees, in Film Direction and Film Business, and in Marketing, distribution and international sales from the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC). In 2021 she started directing short films, “Adri” and “Polvo Somos” and her latest one, “Cuerdas”, premiered at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes and won several national and international awards, including the Forqué Award for Best Short Film. Her feature documentary “Voces de papel”, premiered at the San Sebastian International Festival. “20,000 Species of Bees” is her debut feature fiction film and premiered in the Official Section of the Berlinale, Sofia Otero being awarded the Silver Bear for Best Performance.
Director: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain)
Genre: Fiction
Country of production: Spain
Year of production: 2023
Running time: 129’
Language: Spanish, Basque, French. OV with Spanish subtitles
Cast: Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain, Itziar Lazkano, Martxelo Rubio, Sara Cózar, Unax Hayden, Andere Garabieta, Miguel Garcés
Production: Lara Izagirre Garizurieta, Valérie Delpierre
Screenwriter: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Director of photography: Gina Ferrer García
Production companies: Gariza Films e Inicia Films
International sales: Luxbox
Awarded at Berlinale, Guadalajara, Hong Kong, Malaga, Seattle, San Francisco and Forqué Awards. Feroz Award for Best Dramatic Film, Best Supporting Actress (Patricia López Arnaiz). Goya Awards for Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Ane Gabarain).
