2008Nominee
Best Director
The Mountain
Dominga Sotomayor
Director · Producer · Writer
Santiago, Chile
January 1, 1985
Biography
Dominga Sotomayor is a Chilean director and screenwriter. She was born in Santiago de Chile in 1985. Her first feature film, ‘Thursday Till Sunday’ (2012), was developed at the Cinéfondation Résidence, won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and was named best film at IndieLisboa, New Horizons, and the Valdivia International Film Festivals. She co-directed ‘The Island’ (2013), which also claimed a Tiger Award. In 2015, her medium-length film ‘Mar’ had its premiere in the Forum section at the Berlin International Film Festival, and she also released ‘Aqui, Em Lisboa’, a collective film directed with Gabriel Abrantes, Denis Côté, and Marie Losier.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2020Winner
Best Picture
The Strong Ones
2020Nominee
Best Picture
Correspondence
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Director
Swim to Me
2019Highlight
Best Picture
Murder Me, Monster