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Paula Hernández
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The filmmaker, a graduate of the University of Cinema in Buenos Aires and a scholarship recipient of the Berlinale Talent Campus, has distinguished herself with projects supported by funds such as Visions Sud Est Fund, Global Film Initiative, Equinoxe TBC, and Ibermedia Program. Her debut film, Herencia (2001), won the Opera Prima Award from the INCAA. Lluvia (2008) received accolades in Huelva and Mannheim. Los sonámbulos (2019) premiered at the TIFF in Toronto and was an Oscar nominee. Despite the pandemic, Las siamesas (2020) won the Flow award in Mar del Plata and was a finalist for the Goya International Award. Both films received numerous awards, including 13 Sur Awards and 9 Cóndor Awards. Her latest film, El viento que arrasa, produced by Cimarrón, premiered at the TIFF in Toronto and garnered attention at festivals such as San Sebastián, Biarritz, Tromso, Goa, Mar del Plata, and Havana, where it received the Fipresci Award.
Dominga Sotomayor
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Dominga Sotomayor, a Chilean filmmaker, gained international recognition with her short films presented at various festivals. Her first feature film, De Jueves a Domingo (2012), developed at Cinéfondation / Cannes Film Festival, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where it won the Hivos Tiger Award.
Her film Tarde para morir joven (2018) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, where Sotomayor became the first woman to win the Leopard for Best Direction. She was also one of the directors of the collaborative film The Year of the Everlasting Storm, which premiered in the special screenings at Cannes in 2021. Additionally, Sotomayor has taught film courses, given lectures in Chile and abroad, and contributed to exhibitions, such as Little Sun (Olafur Eliasson, 2012) at the Tate Modern in London. She has been part of Berlinale Talents and was a guest professor in the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University from 2020 to 2023.
Rodolfo Sayagues
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Rodolfo Sayagues began his journey in the audiovisual world at an early age, creating music videos for local rock bands. By 2007, Sayagues was directing commercials for the Uruguayan market, earning several local awards. Simultaneously, alongside his partner and collaborator Fede Álvarez, he started making short films and developing ideas for feature films. This creative process led to the production of the short film Ataque de Pánico which, after going viral on YouTube, caught the attention of acclaimed filmmaker Sam Raimi. Raimi offered Sayagues and Álvarez a contract, marking the start of their careers in Hollywood. In recent years, Sayagues has worked as a screenwriter, producer, and director, collaborating with some of the most prominent studios in the industry.
