A Spanish girl,
Sofía Otero
, interpreter of a transgender minor in the film
20,000 species of bees
by director Estibaliz Urresola, has been awarded the Silver Bear for best performance.
Without any acting experience, Sofía Otero was chosen by Urresola
after a casting of more than 500 girls
, to play
Aitor/Lucía
, a boy who wants to be treated like a girl by his family.
In addition, the French documentary
Sur l'Adamant
, by Nicholas Philibert, has won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale.
On the other hand, the film
Roter Himmel
, directed by the German Christian Petzold, has won the Silver Bear Grand Prize of the Jury.
The Jury's Silver Bear was awarded to the Portuguese Joao Canijo, for
Mal Viver
, while the Silver Award for Best Director went to the Frenchman Philippe Garrel, for
Le Grand Chariot
.
The Berlinale jury, chaired by the American actress Kristen Stewart and with the Spanish director Carla Simón among her team, has awarded the official awards of the 73rd edition of the German festival.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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