From romance to tragedy, the first trailer for Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca offers a riveting glimpse of the story of Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman. Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing is ...

Paris-based distributor JHR Films has acquired French rights to New York-based Philippine filmmaker Isabel Sandoval’s transgender, star-crossed lovers tale Lingua Franca ahead of its premiere in ...

An official selection at Venice, BFI London, Busan, AFI Fest, and more, Isabel Sandoval’s third feature Lingua Franca is now arriving this month, thanks to Ava DuVernay’s film distribution company ...

"You're safe now... you're here with me." "You don't know what you're talking about." Array has released an official trailer for the indie drama titled Lingua Franca, the third feature made by ...

An outer calm belies the inner turmoil of the Filipina caregiver at the center of Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca,” a small and affecting feature set mostly in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of ...

New details have emerged of the next two projects by Filipino director Isabel Sandoval, known for directing and starring in Lingua Franca. Tropical Gothic is also the title of one of Filipino author ...

After bagging accolades for the 2019 film “Lingua Franca,” filmmaker Isabel Sandoval has a new project—and folks are thinking that it might be a Nick Joaquin adaptation. Two years ago, the “Lingua ...