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Berlinale: interpretation prize to a little Spaniard, Sofia Otero

2/25/2023, 8:27:51 PM

A little Spanish girl, Sofia Otera, won the Silver Bear for Best Performance awarded by the Berlinale jury on Saturday for her role in "20,000 especies de abejas" ("20,000 species…


In this film, the Spaniard Estíbaliz Urresola powerfully tackles a very contemporary subject, the question of transidentity in children.

Sofia Otera, who plays an eight-year-old child in the feature film, tearfully thanked the jury.

The prize for secondary interpretation was awarded to the Austrian Thea Ehre, very active for transsexual rights, for her role in "Till The End of The Night".

This film by German director Christoph Hochhäusler tells a love story set against the backdrop of an investigation into a drug dealer.

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