Crystal Kayiza is a filmmaker raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma now based in Brooklyn, NY. Her film Rest Stop, won the Jury Prize for Best US Short at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Her film, Edgecombe, screened at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and premiered on POV. The following year, See You Next Time, was selected for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was released by The New Yorker. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, Crystal is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award, Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship and HBO / The Gotham Documentary Development Initiative.