The 73rd version of the Berlinale kicks off on February 16With ‘20,000 species of bees’, for the primary time a Spanish filmmaker premieres her first characteristic movie within the Official SectionThe director of Llodio (Álava) can also be nominated for a Goya for greatest fiction brief movie for ‘ strings’
The debut characteristic by Estibaliz Urresola (1984, Llodio, Álava), ‘20,000 species of bees’, will compete for the Golden Bear on the 73rd version of the Berlinale, which is able to begin on February 16, as introduced by the German movie pageant .
It would be the first time within the 73 editions of the Berlinale {that a} Spanish filmmaker premieres her debut characteristic within the Official Section, the place additionally it is the one Spanish manufacturing, because the producer factors out.
“Premiering in Berlin is fantastic, a dream I did not anticipate in any respect. I hope this helps the movie attain a larger variety of folks. For me, bees are the guarantors of biodiversity in nature and, just like the movie, it’s a I sing to range, they helped me inform many issues directly, via, above all, the picture of the household hive”, the director acknowledged in a press release launched by the manufacturing firm.
“Geographical and Mental Frontier”
Likewise, Estibaliz Urresola has highlighted that an vital ingredient of the movie is the border that the household crosses at the start of the movie. “It is a geographical border and a psychological border, which speaks of the difficulties we’ve in overcoming sure beliefs about ourselves and in regards to the folks earlier than us,” he specified.
‘20,000 species of bees’ tells the story of Lucía, a 6-year-old lady who looks like a boy and whom everybody calls Aitor. Lucía seems to be ahead to the arrival of summer time to depart behind the hostile college local weather. Meanwhile, Ane, Lucía’s mom, plunged into knowledgeable and nostalgic disaster, will reap the benefits of the vacations to journey along with her three youngsters to her mom’s home, the place her mom and her aunt Lourdes reside, carefully linked to bee farming and manufacturing. of honey.
That summer time that can change their lives will pressure these girls from three very totally different generations to be trustworthy with themselves and resolve how they need to proceed displaying themselves to the world.
‘Strings’, to the Goya
The director can also be nominated for a Goya for Best Fiction Short Film for ‘Strings’, in a class for which ‘Emotional Architecture 1959’ by León Siminiani can also be nominated; ‘Boy’ by Jaime Olías; ‘The Delivery’ by Pedro Díaz; and ‘Sorda’ by Eva Libertad and Nuria Muñoz.