‘Lingua Franca’ Trailer: Isabel Sandoval Directs & Stars In The Acclaimed Drama Arriving This Week

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIsabel 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 woman who spends her days working as a caretaker for Olga (the late Lynn Cohen).

Dave McNary Film ReporterAnthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn are starring in the Holocaust drama “One Life,” centered on the life of humanitarian Nicholas George Winton.Both actors will portray Winton, who championed the rescue of Czech children threatened with deportation to Hitler’s death camps to the safety of British foster families. He succeeded in rescuing 669 children before World War II broke out.

Ed Meza @edmezavarSwitzerland’s Cognito Films has re-teamed with German shingle Elemag Pictures on a human drama about a group of pit workers coming to terms with the closure of Germany’s last coal mine.“Once We Were Pitmen” accompanies five miners on a bittersweet journey against the backdrop of climate change, Germany’s energy transition away from fossil fuels and even gender identity.

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As a film that documents the plight of an undocumented Filipina transwoman living in the United States, Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca” embodies the fresh face of cinema in 2020. As the first year of a new decade circles around the corner, Sandoval stands with her arms out, ready to greet the oncoming culture shift with a quiet, politically minded drama that strives to speak out for the unheard and shine a light on marginalized artists seeking to gain a foothold in the industry.

Lingua Franca, her third feature film as writer-director, and the first that the trans Filipina filmmaker has shot in her homebase of New York City.

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Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAdd the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants game scheduled for tonight to the list of major sports game postponed in protest of the Kenosha, Wisconsin shooting of Jacob Blake.The teams were scheduled for a game at Oracle Park in San Francisco that would have been televised by ESPN.

Carole Horst The struggles of an undocumented immigrant who is also a trans woman in the Brighton Beach area of New York are given a subtle, delicate and ultimately powerful treatment in “Lingua Franca,” by filmmaker Isabel Sandoval.Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing will virtually debut the film in select theaters and on Netflix Aug.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLingua Franca marks many firsts for filmmaker Isabel Sandoval. Originally from the Philippines, the drama marks Sandoval’s first feature shot in the United States and it made history at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival Venice Days program as the first film directed and starring an openly trans woman of color to screen in competition.

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Tom Grater International Film ReporterCast has rounded out on Roald & Beatrix, The Tail Of The Curious Mouse, a Sky original Christmas movie starring Dawn French as beloved author Beatrix Potter.Jessica Hynes (W1A), Rob Brydon (The Trip), Alison Steadman (Gavin and Stacey), Nina Sosanya (Brave New World), Bill Bailey (In The Long Run) and Nick Mohammed have all joined the project, which begins shooting today (August 24).Written by Abi Wilson, the film is inspired by the true story of when a

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Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGeena Davis’s inclusive Bentonville Film Festival has unveiled its jury prize winners for their sixth annual festival. The fest, which was a hybrid of in-person and virtual events, had its most diverse festival to-date with over 70 films where over 80% were directed by women, 65% BIPOC and 45% LGBTQIA+.Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca took home the top trophy, winning the jury award for Best Narrative Feature.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAs a kid obsessed with not just television, but also the business of television, I was enamored with “SCTV Network” from the first time I saw it. Not only was it wickedly sharp — even to an 8-year-old — but its depiction of a faux television network, and the eccentric characters who ran it — stuck with me.