This screening will be held at the Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema, 601 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Hosted by the Basque Educational Organization.
Synopsis: In a small, sleepy village in the Basque Country, Anne and her three children arrive at her family home for a summer vacation. Ane’s mother disapproves of her daughter’s career and the way she parents her eight year old son Aitor, nicknamed Coco, after it becomes clear that the given name distresses the child, Coco eventually voices a desire to be treated as a girl in this authentic and heart-wrenching story of transition.
2023, directed by Estibaliz Urresola, 128 minutes, in Euskara, French & Spanish with English subtitles.
2023 - San Sebastian International Film Festival - 71st edition - Awarded the "Sebastiane Award" which is given to the film that best reflects the values and reality of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people.
About the Director Estibaliz Urresola
Estibaliz Urresola (Bilbao, Bizkaia. 1984) has written, directed and produced short films including Adri (2013), Los casos gramaticales (2018), Polvo somos (2020), Silver Shell for Best Actress in a Short Film at Málaga Festival, and Cuerdas (Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, 2022), screened at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes and included in the Kimuak catalogue. She is also director of the documentary Voces de papel (ETB Screenings, 2016). 20.000 especies de abejas / 2,000 Species of Bees, her first feature, competed in Berlin, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance (Sofía Otero). The movie also landed the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film and the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress (Patricia López Arnaiz) at Málaga Festival.