On August 20th, join us for an extraordinary film destined to become a beacon in the history of trans cinema: Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca.

Released in the ill-fated summer of 2020 (when few of us were watching anything other than mind-numbing reality television), Lingua Franca does something no other film really ever has: it captures — with remarkable nuance and complexity — the anxieties of our current actual reality when it comes to both trans rights and Trump-era immigration policies.

Starring Sandoval herself as an undocumented trans Filipina immigrant who becomes romantically involved with the grandson of the elderly woman she is the caregiver for (played by the late great Lynn Cohen), Lingua Franca is a heartfelt, gripping film that announces Sandoval as a cinematic force. It’s also a movie that very much deserves to be seen in a theatre, and we are so excited to be giving you all that opportunity.

Thank you so much Simon Ip for creating this lovely poster, which will be available for sale at screening. See you all at the Paradise Theatre in a few weeks! Tickets available here.