20,000 Species of Bees
Lucía is an eight-year-old girl, who sometimes struggles as the world tries to catch up with the fact that she is trans. As the summer holidays pass, she explores her femininity alongside the women of her family who at the same time reflect on their own femininity.
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Cast
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Sofía Otero
Lucía
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Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Director) / Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Writer)
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Unax Hayden
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Andere Garabieta
Nerea
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All the Moons
Julene Puente Nafarrate
Niko
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Cuatro paredes
Mariñe Ibarretxe Frade
June
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Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Director · Gina Ferrer Cinematographer Raúl Barreras Editor
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $2M · United States release June 14, 2024
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,193,593
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Gariza Films
Production
Inicia Films
Production
Sirimiri Films
Production
Especies de Abejas
Production
EiTB
Production
Movistar+
Production
Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB)
Production
Gariza Produkzioak
Production
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Production
RTVE
Production
Spain
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Languages
Original title
20.000 especies de abejas
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Basque · French · Spanish
Release dates
Germany · February 22, 2023
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Spain · April 21, 2023
Theatrical
United States · June 14, 2024
Limited theatrical
United States · September 20, 2024
Digital
United States
May 19, 2023 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
June 19, 2023 · Premiere · Frameline Film Festival
October 6, 2023 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
October 23, 2023 · Premiere · Philadelphia Film Festival
October 29, 2023 · Premiere · AFI Fest
November 16, 2023 · Premiere · St. Louis International Film Festival
June 30, 2024 · Premiere · Montclair Film Summer Showcase
Australia
June 10, 2023 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
August 4, 2023 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Austria
April 26, 2023 · Premiere · Crossing Europe Film Festival
June 30, 2023 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 6, 2023 · Premiere · Rio De Janeiro International Film Festival
April 11, 2024 · Limited theatrical
Canada
August 13, 2023 · Premiere · Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Colombia
October 6, 2023 · Premiere · Bogotá International Film Festival
Croatia
November 10, 2023 · Premiere · Zagreb Film Festival
Denmark
October 12, 2023 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 8, 2023 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)
Finland
September 17, 2023 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
February 14, 2024 · Theatrical
Germany
April 23, 2023 · Premiere · Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International
June 29, 2023 · Theatrical
Greece
October 2, 2023 · Theatrical · Athens International Film Festival
August 22, 2024 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 5, 2023 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hungary
November 30, 2023 · Theatrical
Iceland
October 1, 2023 · Premiere · Reykjavik International Film Festival
India
October 28, 2023 · Premiere · Mumbai Film Festival
Ireland
October 27, 2023 · Premiere · Irish Film Institute
Israel
July 16, 2023 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
January 11, 2024 · Theatrical
Italy
November 5, 2023 · Premiere · Cinemaspagna - Spanish and Latin American Film Festival
December 14, 2023 · Theatrical
Japan
October 23, 2023 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
January 5, 2024 · Theatrical
Lithuania
March 20, 2023 · Premiere · Vilnius International Film Festival
Macao SAR China
March 24, 2024 · Premiere · Macao International Queer Film Festival
Mexico
June 5, 2023 · Premiere · Guadalajara International Film Festival
Netherlands
October 26, 2023 · Premiere · Leiden International Film Festival
January 11, 2024 · Theatrical
Peru
August 10, 2023 · Premiere · Lima Film Festival
Poland
December 8, 2023 · Limited theatrical
August 1, 2024 · Premiere · Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
Portugal
July 20, 2023 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 14, 2023 · Premiere · Singapore Film Society Showcase
South Korea
December 27, 2023 · Theatrical
Spain
March 16, 2023 · Premiere · Málaga Film Festival
April 1, 2023 · Premiere · D´A Film Festival Barcelona
April 18, 2023 · Premiere · Festival Internacional De Cine Ciudad De Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
September 22, 2023 · Premiere · San Sebastián International Film Festival
October 27, 2023 · Premiere · Festival Cine Por Mujeres - Madrid
November 3, 2023 · Premiere · Alcine. Festival De Cine De Alcalá De Henares
November 20, 2023 · Premiere · Fical - Festival Internacional De Cine De Almería
Sweden
November 17, 2023 · Theatrical
Taiwan
November 12, 2023 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
March 8, 2024 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 7, 2023 · Premiere · Istanbul Film Festival
Ukraine
October 26, 2023 · Premiere · Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
United Kingdom
October 10, 2023 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
October 27, 2023 · Limited theatrical
October 27, 2023 · Digital
March 24, 2024 · Premiere · BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Uruguay
April 15, 2023 · Premiere · Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay
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