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Kristal Sotomayor is an acclaimed director, producer, journalist and curator based in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Kristal has been named one of “10 Latinx Filmmakers You Should Know About” by HipLatina. They have been distinguished as a 2023 DOC NYC Documentary New Leader Honoree and received the prestigious Rockwood Documentary Leadership Fellowship (formerly called the JustFilms Fellowship). Kristal’s short documentary “Expanding Sanctuary” has screened across the country at St. Louis International Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, and San Diego Latino Film Festival. Their upcoming short documentary “Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” is supported by Outfest. They are in-development on a number of directorial projects through their production company Sotomayor Productions: the animated short film “Labyrinth of Flowers,” short music documentary the “Untitled Las Cafeteras Documentary,” short scientist documentary the “Untitled Paleontologist Documentary,” and the feature documentaries 'Untitled PARS Documentary' and 'Untitled Rural High School Documentary.' They are producing the feature documentaries “Untitled Celina Project” directed by Ruolin Luyo and “Untitled Immigrant Mothers Documentary” directed by Gabriela Watson-Burket. Kristal’s work has been supported by the Points North Institute, If/Then, MDOCS, DCTV, BAVC, Doc Society, Scribe Video Center, Justice For My Sister, and NeXtDoc. They have curated acclaimed programming across the country at SFFILM, Frameline, True/False Film Fest, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Tri-Co Film Festival, and the PBS documentary film series POV|American Documentary. They are the Editor-in-Chief of the cinéSPEAK Journal and serve as Treasurer on the Board of Directors for GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.