Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens
Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens
Project Phase: Completed 2024
Runtime: 9 min
An homage to the legendary Mother Cavallucci that weaves together the present and past to provide a striking portrait of belonging and memory.
Awards & Nominations:
Winner - Best LGBTQ Documentary, Poppy Jasper International Film Festival (2025)
Winner - Pride on Screen Juror’s Choice Award, Centre Film Festival (2025)
Winner - Best Short Documentary, Snake Alley Festival of Film (2026)
Nominated - Best Documentary Short, Cindependent Film Festival (2025)
Select Cast & Crew
Starring: Kevin Gilmore (aka Phoebe Manntrappe) and Michael Gardener (aka Miss Pumpkin) | Director: Kristal Sotomayor
Produced by: Kristal Sotomayor, Nic Cory, Daniel Brooks | Executive Producers: Brendan Gaul, Brett Henenberg, Sara Scully | Associate Producer: Luke Bonzani | Line Producer: Aaron Brokenbough Jr. | Archival Producers: Kristal Sotomayor, María Luisa Santos, and Shanti Avirgan
Editor: María Luisa Santos | Editing Consultant: Sarah Garrahan
Screenings & Events
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at Susquehanna LGBTQ Film Festival on September 11 at 7PM at the Midtown Cinema, 250 Reily St.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at Grove & Pine Film Festival on September 18th from 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM at Whyte Hall.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” is part of the exhibit at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). Open Video Call is open from September 26, 2026 – February 21, 2027.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at Snake Alley Festival of Film on Thursday, July 9 at 8PM at the Capitol Theater.
Join us for a special short film screening featuring Kristal Sotomayor with special guest Asia Leigh Monroe. This evening will highlight storytelling, community, and the power of film to inspire conversation and connection.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at CAMRA Screening Scholarship Media Festival (SSMF): Portals on March 28th from 4-5:15pm as part of the Queer Memory & Urban Genealogies program.
Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens screens at the 2026 SPE Media Festival from March 20-21, 2026 at the Courtland Grand Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia during the Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference.
“Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” has been selected for the 2026 West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival taking place at Canady Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, West Virginia from March 5th-8th, 2026.
Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens screens at the Lost River Film Fest on Friday, February 6 at 5:15 PM as part of the LGBTQ Shorts block showing at The Price Center (222 W. San Antonio St).
Sotomayor Productions films screen at the Barnes Foundation’s Young Professional’s Night on Friday, November 21st from 7 – 11pm.
"Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" screens at Centre Film Festival on Nov 16th at 10:45 AM at The Rowland Theatre.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at OutReels Cincinnati on Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM at the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater (801 Matson Pl, Cincinnati Ohio 45204).
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at Hobnobben Film Festival on Saturday, October 25th at 1:15 PM at the Main Theater.
"Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" screens at the Black Bear Film Festival on Sunday, October 19 at Triversity - The Pride Center (201 W. Harford St., Milford, PA).
"Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" at Bucks County FilmFest on Saturday, October 18th at the County Theater.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens as part of Frameline’s “The World Is Watching: A Queer History Showcase” streaming October 11–31, 2025.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at the Santa Cruz Film Festival on Friday, October 10th at 7:30pm at The 418 Project.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at Monadnock International Film Festival on Saturday, October 4 at 12:30 PM at the SHOWROOM (20 Commercial Street, Keene, NH 03431).
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” is screening at People’s Media Camp as part of the Archival shorts program on Friday, October 3rd from 5-10pm, co-presented with cinéSPEAK at the Calvary Community Center, 4703 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19143.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at the Cindependent Film Festival on Friday, September 19th at 10:00 AM in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio at Memorial Hall.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival on Friday, September 12th at 5:30 PM at The Cary Theater (122 E. Chatham St., Cary, NC 27511).
"Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" screens at the SF Queer Film Festival as part of the "Small Bites Program" on Sunday, August 24th at 1PM at the Big Roxie.
"Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" screens at the Rio LGBTQIA+ 2025 - 14º Festival Internacional de Cinema as part of the "Queens e Kings" program on July 4th and 6th.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” airs on CUNY TV Queer Voice NYC Studio Show. Tune in at 2:00 PM on: Friday, July 4; Saturday, July 5; Sunday, July 6; Friday, July 11; Saturday, July 12; Sunday, July 13; Friday, July 18; Saturday, July 19; and Sunday, July 20.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at the Oak Cliff Film Festival on June 28th at 4:45 PM at the Oak Cliff Assembly (919 Morrell Ave. Dallas, TX 75203).
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” is on display from June 20th to August 28th as part of the “Portraits of Pride and Resilience” exhibit at the City Hall Creative Philadelphia Art Gallery, Room 116.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens as part of Queer Shorts Vienna’s Queer Opening Shorts program on Thursday, June 19 at 19:15 at Burgkino (Opernring 19, 1010 Wien, Austria).
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival on Sunday, June 15th at 12 PM at the Presidio Theatre (2340 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94123).
"Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" screens at SouthSide Film Festival on June 12th at 5:20 PM at the Touchstone Theatre (321 E 4th St, Bethlehem, PA 18015).
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival as part of the “Queer Desires, Trans Power, Feminist Dreams” program on Friday, June 6 at 4:30–6:00 PM at the New Mexico State University.
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at Sofia Pride Film Fest on June 5th at 6:30PM at the HOUSE OF CINEMA (Sofia center, 37 Ekzarh Yosif Str., 1000 Sofia).
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at Cinema Columbus Film Festival on Saturday, May 3rd at 4PM at the Grandview Theater Drafthouse & Cinema (1247 Grandview Ave, Grandview Heights, OH 43212).
“Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens” screens at Poppy Jasper International Film Festival on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 2 PM at Morgan Hill Community Playhouse (17090 Monterey Rd, Morgan Hill, CA 95037).
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