Join the FilmEx Session: "Both…And: Thinking Outside the Category" on July 15th* at 4PM MDT! 🎫 Coordinated by the Film Festival Alliance, the FilmEx panel will be a conversation around programming categories and awards: Are we alienating audiences and filmmakers with tags and labels? ⏺️ This session will be recorded with captioning provided by rev. [...]
BAVC Serial Storytellers Scripted Series
Thank you BAVC for the opportunity to take part in the Serial Storytellers Scripted Series program! It was such a treat to have professional actors perform a table read of our scripts yesterday as part of our final class. 🎬 The program was taught by Evette Vargas and aims to support women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, queer, trans, non-binary, [...]
AfroTaino Spotlight
Muchas gracias to my AFROTAINO familia for including me as part of your spotlight! 😊 "My inspiration is my community and my family. I grew up in a space and time where there were so many in-accurate and racist portrayals of Latinidad. That really fueled me to begin my journey in film to correct that. I also [...]
IDA Pride Month
Pride Month may be over but I'm still so full of love for all my communities of support! 🥰 As you probably know, I'm IDA's new Awards Competition Manager working remotely from Philadelphia! They did a really great staff spotlight for both #AAPIHeritageMonth and #PrideMonth that has my heart so full. I'm so glad to be working with an organization [...]
“Five LGBTQ Filmmakers Who Make Philly Proud” on CineSPEAK
Thank you Hansen Bursic for including me as part of the "Five LGBTQ Filmmakers Who Make Philly Proud" on CineSPEAK! "We are deep into Pride Month, and in Philly we have so much to celebrate. Philadelphia has a thriving and diverse LGBTQ community, and the city is a hotbed of queer and trans filmmaking. This [...]
Table Read for the Bay Area Video Coalition annual Serial Storytellers program
This summer, I've been working a TV pilot script as part of the Bay Area Video Coalition's annual Serial Storytellers program! 📝 Join our virtual Serial Storytellers program table read on Saturday, July 10 from 11AM-2PM PST! The program was taught by Evette Vargas and aims to support women, BIPOC, LGBTQI, queer, trans, non-binary, filmmakers with disabilities [...]
New Job: Awards Competition Manager for the IDA Documentary Awards
I’m joining the International Documentary Association as the new Awards Competition Manager for the IDA Documentary Awards! 🏆 I’m so excited to bring my knowledge of the field and international connections to the IDA Documentary Awards. Not to mention the fact that I can use this larger platform to advocate for Latinx and LGBTQIA+ filmmakers! [...]
Sesión informativa sobre la Beca Arte y Cambio
Únase a los artistas de los medios y los beneficiarios de Leeway Foundation el 30 de junio a las 17:30 EDT para una sesión informativa sobre la Beca Arte y Cambio! Durante la sesión, Kristal Sotomayor de ¡Presente! Media y Ana Martina repasarán las mejores prácticas y compartirán su propia experiencia sobre cómo solicitar con [...]
Awarded the Film Festival Leadership Lab Fellowship
The news is out: I'm a 2021 Film Festival Leadership Lab Fellow representing Philadelphia Latino Film Festival! Muchas gracias to the Film Festival Alliance and Full Spectrum Features for this incredible opportunity! Can't wait to learn, collaborate, and dream together. Congratulations to the rest of the cohort members as well! The Film Festival Leadership Lab [...]
10th annual Philadelphia Latino Film Fest in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Check out the 10th annual Philadelphia Latino Film Fest in the Philadelphia Inquirer! 📰 Muchas gracias María Paula Mijares Torres and Jesenia De Moya Correa for the incredible article! "The Philadelphia Latino Film Festival has shaped filmmaker Kristal Sotomayor’s journey in the industry. In 2016, Sotomayor volunteered for the festival during her junior year at [...]
Kristal Sotomayor 