Express at IFFK: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren's debut feature 20,000 Species of Bees is a heartwarming film that sheds light on the struggles trans kids go through as they begin to understand their identity, and how near and dear ones can leave a positive impact on their lives by LISTENING.
08/12/2022 - We chatted to the Spanish filmmaker about her first foray into fiction, a rural tale shrouded in a Gothic atmosphere, starring Spaniard Tamar Novas and Portugal’s Victória Guerra
08/12/2022 - We chatted to the Spanish filmmaker about her first foray into fiction, a rural tale shrouded in a Gothic atmosphere, starring Spaniard Tamar Novas and Portugal’s Victória Guerra
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Cineuropa:
Antonio Hernández Centeno
What made you feel like you had a connection with it?
David Matamoros: Minor coincidences can sometimes make your life take an unexpected turn. Thatâs what happens in the first three minutes of
Isaac, and it also happened to us: Antonio gave us the text of a stage play that heâd directed a few years beforehand, and we saw ourselves reflected in those four characters that drift around in life, looking for its true meaning. We thought that many people would see themselves reflected in several of the topics that it broaches, that it debunked a few myths that were following us around. And so we made the decision to try to get the rights so that some other directors could helm the movie. But thanks to a coincidence, we also considered directing it ourselves, and as such, we had to bring it into our personal territory, to the familiar space of the stories we have experienced ourse