Las Cosas Que Brillan Fundraiser
PRESENTED BY: Sotomayor Productions
7pm, $15+ Sliding Scale, Donations : TICKETS HERE
✨🌊 Las Cosas Que Brillan Fundraiser 🌊✨
Enter Marisol’s world! Join us for a vibrant evening of celebration and community at the Las Cosas Que Brillan Fundraiser! This unique dance party will immerse you in the magical world of Marisol as we raise funds to bring this visionary film to life.
📅 When: Saturday, March 22nd, 7 PM - 11 PM
📍 Where: Vox Populi, Black Box Space – 319 N 11th St #3, Philadelphia, PA
Prepare for an unforgettable experience featuring:
🎟 Raffles – Win amazing prizes that shine just as bright as our community!
🎶 Music – Move to the rhythm of beats that make waves.
👑 Drag Performances – Be captivated by the charisma of our fabulous queens.
🧜♀️ Costume Contest – Dress in your best mermaid-inspired look for a chance to win.
This event is not just a party—it’s a celebration of creativity, resilience, and the power of storytelling. Whether you’re dancing in sequins or shimmering in your best sea-inspired outfit, you’re contributing to making cinematic magic happen.
Tickets are on a sliding scale with donations encouraged. Can’t make it? Support the project with a donation here: https://givebutter.com/las-cosas-que-brillan
Together, let’s dive deep into an evening of joy, art, and community. Don’t miss the chance to make a splash with us! 🐚✨
This project is being made possible by BlackStar through its Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab, in partnership with Xfinity, Independence Public Media Foundation, and The William Penn Foundation.
Kristal Sotomayor is an award-winning nonbinary Peruvian American director, producer, journalist and curator. Named one of “10 Latinx Filmmakers You Should Know About” by HipLatina, they are a 2023 DOC NYC Documentary New Leader Honoree and Rockwood Documentary Leadership Fellow. Kristal’s short Latinx immigrant rights documentary “Expanding Sanctuary” won the Philadelphia Filmmaker Award at the 2024 BlackStar Film Festival. Their short experimental documentary “Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” has screened across the globe at Newport Beach Film Festival, NewFest, GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival, and Sidewalk Film Festival. Kristal is currently in post-production on their debut narrative short film “Las Cosas Que Brillan,” a coming of age story about a Trans Latina mermaid, produced with support from the BlackStar Filmmaker Lab. Kristal’s work has been supported by the Outfest Creative Hope Fellowship, If/Then & CIFF North Shorts Residency, DCTV Docu Work-In-Progress Lab, and NeXtDoc Fellowship.