Lingua Franca

LINGUA FRANCA follows an undocumented Filipina trans woman Olivia (Isabel Sandoval) after she has secured a job as a live-in caregiver for Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. Olivia’s main priority is to secure a green card to stay in America. But when she unexpectedly becomes romantically involved with Olga’s adult grandson Alex (Eamon Farren), issues around identity, civil rights and immigration threatens her very existence.

Written & Directed by Isabel Sandoval

Starring Isabel Sandoval, Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen

Production Company Tal Vez Productions, Two Three Five

Distribution Array + Netflix

AWARDS

Venice Days - International Competition

BFI London Film Festival - International Competition

American Film Festival Wroclaw - Competition

International Film Festival of India Goa - World Panorama

Festival International du Film de Mons - International Competition

Palm Springs Film Festival

Melbourne Queer Film Festival