Alpha Kings

Available Virtually
1:00pm FRIDAY 9.15, Strand Theatre

ABOUT

From a rented mansion in suburban Texas, a group of young men sell a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves on the internet.

Program Short
Runtime 0:15
Country USA

Enrique is a visual artist and filmmaker from Bogotá, Colombia. He served as Manager of Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program for five years, running creative labs (Edit and Story Lab, Music and Sound Design Lab, Art of Editing Lab) and international programs, as well as contributing to awarding $1-2 million/year in unrestricted grants to documentary filmmakers globally. He was Senior Programmer for Ambulante Documentary Film Festival and has worked with other arts organizations such as Film Independent. Throughout his career, Enrique has served as consultant and Juror in numerous selection committees for nonprofit institutions and media funds in the U.S. and Latin America, including Sundance’s Documentary Fund, Proimagenes Colombia, IMCINE Mexico, John Hopkins’ Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, Concordia’s Fellowship Program and Brown Girls Doc Mafia. Enrique holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Television from the New York Film Academy and an MFA in Documentary Film & Video at Stanford University. His latest film, Alpha Kings, premiered at International Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2023 and was acquired by The New Yorker for distribution later this year.

Faye is a Greek-American filmmaker from New York City. She spent several years as a Film Executive, serving as VP Development & Production for Los Angeles based Passage Pictures in which she oversaw development for the company alongside its CEO. She was Director of Acquisitions & Production for independent Film & Television distribution company FilmRise where she championed the release of award winning documentary and narrative films, including Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Faye is a Features Programmer at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and served on the jury of the Bushwick Film Festival in 2019. She has participated in the IFP Project Forum, the Hot Docs Project Forum, and the Sheffield Doc Fest project MeetMarket for several consecutive years. Faye received her BA in American Studies from Cornell University and an MFA in Documentary Film & Video at Stanford University. Faye’s documentary work explores the presentation of American culture in the context of rapid globalization and capitalism; she is drawn to observations of youth culture, excess, disparity, and absurdity. Her films have screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam, True/False Film Festival, IndieLisboa, Maryland Film Festival, AIFVF, and New Filmmakers NY, among others. Her work has been distributed and featured by Vimeo Staff Picks, Nowness, Paper Magazine, Boooooom.tv, The Film Shortage, and Maff.tv.

Theatre Screening
The Virtual Festival runs from September 16 - September 30 and is geoblocked to the US. Tickets will be available beginning on September 16.
Closed Captioning available upon request prior to and at screenings

CREDITS

Director
Enrique Pedráza-Botero
Faye Tsakas
Producer
Stefan Weinberger
Enrique Pedráza-Botero
Faye Tsakas
Additional Personnel
Production Assistant: Jolie Daspit
Technical Support: Srdan Keca, Frank Floyd
Sound Mix: Dan Olmsted
Color: Robert Arnold

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