Iliana Sosa is an Austin-based filmmaker raised in El Paso, Texas, by Mexican immigrant parents. Her work has screened at festivals and museums, including SXSW, Full Frame, Camden, Morelia, and the Museum of the Moving Image in NYC, and she's held fellowships and residencies with Firelight Media, Sundance Institute, Berlinale Talents, True False/Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, Logan Nonfiction Program, and Jacob Burns Film Center. Her work has been supported by Sundance, the Ford Foundation, Warner Media OneFifty, the SFFILM Rainin Grant, the Austin Film Society, and Field of Vision. Her Gotham Award-nominated debut feature What We Leave Behind (ARRAY Releasing) won two jury awards at SXSW 2022 and was a New York Times "Critic's Pick." It's currently available to stream on Netflix. In 2020, she was one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” and in 2021, she was one of DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40." She is a DGA member and is an Assistant Professor in the Radio, Film, and TV department at the University of Texas at Austin. Her TV documentary directing debut, "God Save Texas: La Frontera" will have its World Premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and air on HBO Max later this year.