Spanish girl, 8, wins top acting award for trans role

BERLIN---Eight-year-old Spanish girl Sofia Otero on Saturday won the best acting prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for her role as a nine-year-old boy who considers herself a girl. Collecting the gender-neutral prize for her performance in the drama "20,000 Species of Bees," about a boy at the throes of an identity transition, Otero fought back tears, later telling journalists that she was "very happy" to have won. "I want to dedicate my life to acting," she said. "Bees" is the feature debut of Spanish director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, who said it was important for her to pick a girl to play the role and not a boy. "It is easier for her. She's a really ...

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