Dominga Sotomayor Castillo

Filmmaker from Chile

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Sotomayor and the second or maternal family name is  Castillo.

Dominga Sotomayor Castillo

Born| 1985 (age 39-40)

Santiago de Chile

Occupation| Film director

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

## Biography

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She graduated from Universidad Católica de Chile with a degree on Audiovisual Direction in 2007,[1] 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.[2][3] Sotomayor was part of Berlinale Talents in 2009.[4]

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, where it was awarded the Hivos Tiger Award.[5][6]

In 2014, her 60 min film Mar premiered at the Forum section at Berlinale.[7][8]

Her next feature Too late to die young (Tarde para morir joven), premiered at Locarno Film Festival and brought her the Leopard for Best Direction. Dominga Sotomayor is the first ever woman to win this award.[9][6][10]

She was one of the seven directors of the feature film The year of the everlasting storm, alongside Jafar Panahi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film premiered at Cannes' Special Screenings in 2021.[11][12]

In 2021, she started working on her third feature Niebla. The movie is produced by Rodrigo Teixeira (RT Features).[13][14][15] Over the past decade Dominga has also taught film courses and gave talks in Chile and abroad and made videos and photographs for exhibitions, like "Little Sun" (Olafur Eliasson, 2012) at the Tate Modern in London.[16] She was a guest lecturer at Harvard University's Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies in 2020-23.[17][18] Sotomayor was one of the artists working for the Chilean Pavilion at the Biennale Art exhibition that opened in April 2022.[19]

Since 2015, Sotomayor has been active as a producer. With Omar Zuñiga she co-founded Cinestacion production company, her credits as a producer include Felipe Galvez's Chilean Western The Settlers, Manuela Martelli's directorial feature debut 1976,[20] and The Last Land by Paraguayan Pablo Lamar.[21][16] She also produced Prison in the Andes (Penal Cordillera) by Felipe Carmona.[22]

## Selected filmography

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* Cessna (short film, 2005)
* Noviembre (short film, 2007)
* Debajo (short film, 2007)
* La montaña (short film, 2008)
* Videojuego (short film, 2008)
* Thursday Till Sunday (2012)
* La Isla (short film, 2013)[23]
* Mar (60 min, 2014)
* Los barcos (short film, 2016)
* Too Late to Die Young (2018)
* Correspondencia (short film, 2020 co-directed with Carla Simón)[24]
* The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)

## References

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1. ^ "Dominga Sotomayor". Festival des 3 Continents. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
2. ^ "Berlinale: Informations «Mar»" (PDF). www.berlinale.de. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-04-23.
3. ^ "On the road: Dominga Sotomayor on Thursday Till Sunday". BFI. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
4. ^ "Berlinale Talents - Dominga Sotomayor". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
5. ^ "Festival Scope". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
6. ^ a b "Six Female Directors We Are Watching". Cinema Attic. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
7. ^ "Mar". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
8. ^ Lodge, Guy (2019-09-21). "Streaming: gently does it with Dominga Sotomayor". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
9. ^ "Leopard for Best Direction: Dominga Sotomayor". Locarno Festival. Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
10. ^ De la Fluente, Anna Marie (2018-04-22). "Femme Talent on the Rise in Chile". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
11. ^ "THE YEAR OF THE EVERLASTING STORM - Festival de Cannes". www.festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
12. ^ ""Victim Cinema is for People that are Convinced": Felipe Gálvez on The Settlers". Filmmaker Magazine. 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
13. ^ Hopewell, John (2021-07-10). "'The Lighthouse' Producer Rodrigo Teixeira Re-Teams With Dominga Sotomayor". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
14. ^ Kay, Jeremy (2021-07-10). "Dominga Sotomayor, RT Features line up cruise ship drama 'Niebla'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
15. ^ Grater, Tom (2021-07-10). "'The Year Of The Everlasting Storm' Co-Director Dominga Sotomayor To Helm 'Niebla' For RT Features – Cannes". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
16. ^ a b "Dominga Sotomayor". Vermont College of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
17. ^ "Harvard University: Dominga Sotomayor". afvs.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
18. ^ "Visiting Faculty News". Harvard University. 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
19. ^ "Elle Pérez, Dominga Sotomayor, and Akosua Adoma Owusu selected for 2022 Venice Biennale". Harvard University. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
20. ^ Hopewell, John (2017-07-17). "Chile's Cinestación, Italy's Stayblack Team for Manuela Martelli's '1976' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
21. ^ Hopewell, John (2015-12-03). "Latin America: Up Next! Dominga Sotomayor". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
22. ^ De la FLuente, Anna Maria (2023-11-10). "Felipe Carmona Tackles Chile's Brutal Past in 'Prison in the Andes': 'There's Still No Closure'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
23. ^ Hopewell, John (2016-05-23). "Cannes: RT Features Boards Sotomayor's 'Too Late'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
24. ^ De Marco, Camillo (2020-10-30). "The MedFilm Festival will unspool online, showcasing 70 films from the Euro-Mediterranean region". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

## External links

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* Dominga Sotomayor Castillo at IMDb

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