Mon dieu! Francophiles, there are approximately 60 film titles, including shorts, features, and documentaries, to comb through at the upcoming Rendez-vous du cinema québécois et francophone (which ...

A film about a Filipino transwoman caregiver in the United States titled “Lingua Franca” bagged the top prize at this year’s Bentonville Film Festival. The film, written and directed by New York-based ...

A trans Filipina in Brooklyn has troubles of both the romantic and immigration-status ilk in writer-director-star Isabel Sandoval's quietly involving drama. There’s a simultaneous delicacy and ...

The Filipina-born, New York-based filmmaker Isabel Sandoval is no stranger to breaking new grounds. When “Lingua Franca,” Sandoval’s third feature film had its world premiere at the Venice ...

Ava DuVernay‘s ARRAY Releasing is adding to its library of inclusive narratives with the critically acclaimed drama Lingua Franca directed, written, produced, edited by and starring Isabel Sandoval.

Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca” is a visually gorgeous drama from the auteur filmmaker who also stars in the film, now streaming on Netflix. Sandoval plays Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans ...