Dominga Sotomayor Castillo (born 1985) is a Chilean filmmaker.

Biography

She graduated from Universidad Católica de Chile with a degree on Audiovisual Direction in 2007, followed by a Master at the Escola de Cinema y Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC) in Film direction. She directed several short films that were shown at festivals internationally. Her first feature film, ''Thursday Till Sunday (De jueves a domingo'') was developed as part of the program La Résidence by Cinéfondation / Festival de Cannes, and premiered at

International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental fi ...

, where it was awarded the Hivos Tiger Award. In 2014, her 60 min film ''Mar'' premiered at the Forum section at Berlinale. Her next feature '' Too late to die young (Tarde para morir joven),'' premiered at

Locarno Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...

, where she was awarded the Leopard for Best Direction. Dominga Sotomayor is the first ever woman to win this award. She was one of the seven directors of the feature film '' The year of the everlasting storm'', alongside

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, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal,

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, David Lowery and

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. The film premiered at Cannes' Special Screenings in 2021. Over the past few years Dominga has also taught film courses ang gave talk in Chile and abroad and made videos and photographs for exhibitions, like "Little Sun" (Olafur Eliasson, 2012) at the Tate Modern in London. Recently she was one of he artist working for the Chilean Pavilion at the Biennale Art exhibition that opened in April 2022. She's been part of Berlinale Talents in 2009, and was a guest lecturer at Harvard University's Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies in 2020-23.

Select filmography

* ''Cessna'' (short film, 2005) * ''Noviembre'' (short film, 2007) * ''Debajo'' (short film, 2007) * ''La montaña'' (short film, 2008) * ''Videojuego'' (short film, 2008) * ''

Thursday Till Sunday ''Thursday Till Sunday'' ( es, De Jueves a Domingo) is a 2012 Chilean coming-of-age film directed by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo in her debut feature. The film premiered at the 2012 International Film Festival Rotterdam. Later that year, it won ...

'' (2012) * ''Mar'' (2014) * ''Los barcos'' (short film, 2016) * '' Too Late to Die Young'' (2018) *''Correspondencia'' (short film, 2020 co-directed with Carla Simón) * '' The Year of the Everlasting Storm'' (2021)

References

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* Chilean film directors Chilean women film directors Living people 1986 births {{Chile-film-director-stub