SYNOPSIS

An eight-year-old child struggles with the fact that people keep addressing her in confusing ways. During a summer in the Basque Country among the beehives, she explores her identity alongside the women of her family, who at the same time reflect on their own lives and desires.  

Original title : 20.000 especies de abejas

Country: Spain

Language: Spanish, Basque and French

Production year: 2023

Length: 125 min

Director’s Biography

Graduated in Audiovisual Communication (UPV-Bilbao), Editing Theory (EICTV Cuba), Master in Film Direction and Master in Film Business (ESCAC). She has directed the short films Adri and Ashes and Dust and the feature-length documentary Paper Voices premiered at San Sebastián. Her latest short film Chords has premiered at the Semaine de la Critique Cannes and has won several national and international prizes, among which Best Short Film in the Forqué Awards. In 2023 Estibaliz Urresola will premiere her first feature film 20.000 species of bees.

Cast

Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain, Itziar Lazkano, Sara Cózar, Martxelo Rubio, Unax Hayden, Andere Garabieta, Miguel Garcés

Crew

Director: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Screenwriter: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren DOP: Gina Ferrer García Art director: Izaskun Urkijo Alijo Editors: Raúl Barreras Costume Design: Nerea Torrijos Sound design: Koldo Corella Production sound design: Eva Valiño Produced by: Gariza Films and Inicia Films In association with: Sirimiri Films World sales:  Luxbox

Director’s Filmography

2012 ADRI; short fiction film

2016 Voces de Papel (Paper voices); documentary feature film

2018 Nor nori nork (The Declensions); short film – hybrid documentary- fiction.

2020 Polvo somos (Ashes and dust); short fiction film

2022 Cuerdas (Chords); short fiction film

2023 20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 species of bees); feature film