Lingua Franca (2020) | June 5

Olivia, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY. When the man she’s secretly paying for a green card marriage backs out, she becomes involved with a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s a trans woman. – JustWatch.com

Director: Isabel Sandoval

Cast: Isabel Sandoval, Lynn Cohen, Eamon Farren, Ivory Aquino, Lev Gorn, P.J. Boudousqué, Andrea Leigh, Leif Steinert, Roman Blat

Country: United States

Distributor: ARRAY Releasing

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Platform: Netflix

Special Events: Filmmaker Retrospectives, Filmmaker Conversations

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Apparition (2012) | June 5

Tucked away in a remote forest, the convent of Adoration is inhabited by a group of nuns seeking a peaceful life of devotion and discipline, filling their days with nothing but mundane chores and prayers. But the wish for a life in isolation is threatened when President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, and political protests and chaos begin to infiltrate every corner of the archipelago. Suddenly, the nuns find themselves engulfed in violence and unrest that will eventually put their faith and conscience to the test. – JustWatch.com

Director: Isabel Sandoval

Cast:Mylene Dizon, Jodi Sta. Maria, Raquel Villavicencio, Rustica Carpio, Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, Star Orjaliza, Madeleine Nicolas

Country: Philippines

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 27 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

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Señorita (2011) | June 5

Wanting to quit sex work in Manila and start a new life, Donna, a transgender woman, gets her chance when an old friend asks Donna to look after her 12-year-old son Tomas while she works overseas for a year. Donna moves to a small town to look after Tomas only to find out that the town mayor who is seeking re-election is a crony of one of her regular clients back in Manila. In her efforts to break away from her past, she becomes entangled in the town’s local politics and ends up leading a double life. – JustWatch.com

Director: Isabel Sandoval

Cast: Isabel Sandoval, Publio Briones III, Dominic Milano Palomo, Richard Manabat, Stella Palomo Monteño

Country: Philippines

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

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