Kristian Mercado

Spanish Harlem and Puerto Rico raised, Kristian Mercado uses film and comedy to explore identity, family, and oppression across race and class. Mercado’s “Nuevo Rico” debuted at the 2021 SXSW Festival, garnering the Animation Jury Award. Mercado directed his first feature film “If You Were the Last,” (2022) and has several scripts in the works.