Alpha Kings

Directors

Enrique Pedráza-Botero, Faye Tsakas

Producer

Stefan Weinberger

Editors

Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedráza-Botero

Cinematographers

Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedráza-Botero

A group of young men in Montgomery, Texas forgo college to support themselves as “Masters” in the world of online Financial Domination, where thousands of paying clients consent to relinquishing control over their finances. Through the course of one night, the film alternates between the online world and observational moments, weaving between vignettes of virtual, live-streamed sessions, and cam shows in which anonymous participants engage in consensual erotic labor. Alpha Kings explores the dichotomy between these “Masters” and their true private selves, drawing on themes of desire, masculinity, sexuality, power, and performance. In a current social-political climate in which the American Dream seems far-fetched, the film’s subjects grapple with uncertainty about the future, their place in society, and the value of their work.

Co-Director, Alpha Kings

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 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 a 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 BFA in Film & Television from the New York Film Academy and is currently pursuing an MFA in Documentary Film & Video at Stanford University.

 

His work focuses on identity, memory, and the complexity of home, aiming to break conventions of masculinity and sexuality. He’s interested in the evolution of the documentary form at the intersection of socially-conscious work and the art of filmmaking.

Co-director, Plumped

Faye Tsakas is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles and the co-founder of Wait A While Films. Her directing work has screened at South by Southwest Film Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, True/False Film Fest, AFI Fest, Camden International Film Festival, Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Rooftop Films, and Palm Springs International ShortFest, among others, and has been featured by The New York Times Op-Docs, The New Yorker, Vimeo Staff Picks, Nowness, Aeon, Short of the Week, and Le Cinéma Club.

She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2023 and a Vimeo Breakout Creator in 2025. In 2024, she was a Film Independent Fast Track Producing Fellow and an American Film Institute Cinematography Intensive for Women Fellow. Most recently, she produced UNION COUNTY, which premieres at the Sundance Film Festival in 2026, and served as story producer and cinematographer on Amazon Studios’ forthcoming docuseries MURDER 101, which will also premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2026. She previously served as Vice President of Development & Production at Passage Pictures and as Director of Acquisitions & Production at FilmRise. Faye received her MFA in Documentary Film & Video from Stanford University.