Dominga Sotomayor’s ‘Limpia’ to open San Sebastian’s Horizontes Latinos 2025

By Mona Tabbara2025-08-20T13:28:00+01:00

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'Limpia'

Source: San Sebastian

‘Limpia’

Chilean filmmaker Dominga Sotomayor’s world premiere Limpia will open the Horizontes Latinos strand at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF, September 19-27).

Sotomayor has adpated the story from the novel of the same name by the Chilean author Alia Trabucco. It follows the relationship between a housemaid and the six-year-girl in her care. Sotomayor’s previous credits include Thursday Till Sunday (Rotterdam, 2012) and Too Late To Die Young (Locarno, 2018).

The 12 Latin American titles, all which have not yet been seen in Spain, are competing for the Horizontes Award of €35,000 which is split between the majority producer and the Spanish distributor.

This marks a change from previous years, when the award was split between the director and the Spanish distributor. Last year’s winning film was Luis Ortega’s Kill The Jockey.

Dolores, from Brazilian filmmakers Maria Clara Escobar and Marcelo Gomes, will also world premiere in the upcoming edition. A 66-year-old woman decides to sell her home to buy a thriving casino.

Closing night film is The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo, the feature debut from Chile’s Diego Céspedes, which won the top prize at Cannes Un Certain Regard, as well as the 2020 award of San Sebastian’s industry strand Ikusmira Berriak. The drama centres around an unknown illness said to be transmitted through a man’s loving gaze.

San Sebastian’s Horizontes Latinos 2025 line-up

Limpia (Chile) – opening film
Dir. Dominga Sotomayor

The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo (Chile-Fr-Ger-Sp-Belg) – closing film
 Dir. Diego Céspedes  

Copper (Mex-Can)
Dir. Nicolás Pereda  

Cuerpo Celeste (Chile-It)
Dir. Nayra Ilic García  

Dolores (Bra)
Dirs. Maria Clara Escobar, Marcelo Gomes   

The Message (Arg-Sp-Uruguay)
Dir. Iván Fund   

The Ivy (Ecuador-Mex-Fr-Sp)
Dir. Ana Cristina Barragán