The Spanish Sofía Otero wins the Silver Bear on the Berlinale for her portrayal of a trans woman

Eight-year-old actress Sofía Otero received the Silver Bear for Best Leading Actress on the 73rd Berlinale for ‘20,000 species of bees’, Estíbaliz Urresola’s first movie.

Without any appearing expertise, Sofía Otero was chosen by Urresola after a casting of greater than 500 women, to play Aitor/Lucía, a boy who needs to be handled like a woman by his household.