Kristal Sotomayor

Kristal Sotomayor is an award-winning Peruvian American director and producer based in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Named one of 10 Latinx Filmmakers You Should Know About by HipLatina, they have received distinctions such as the DOC NYC Documentary New Leader Honor and Rockwood Documentary Leadership Fellowship. Kristal's short Latinx immigrant rights documentary "Expanding Sanctuary" won the Philadelphia Filmmaker Award at the BlackStar Film Festival. Their short experimental documentary "Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" has screened across the globe including at DocLands Film Festival and Sidewalk Film Festival. They are in-development on a number of short and feature-length directorial projects through their company Sotomayor Productions.