{"id":8011,"date":"2020-01-19T10:28:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T09:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/?p=8011"},"modified":"2020-01-20T10:42:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T09:42:49","slug":"australia-queer-screen-lingua-franca-screening-on-february-22nd-in-newtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queerlion.it\/en\/australia-queer-screen-lingua-franca-screening-on-february-22nd-in-newtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia, Queer Screen: Lingua Franca screening on February 22nd in Newtown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enchanting and sensual, this gentle romance is a landmark drama written, directed, edited and starring critically acclaimed New York based transgender filmmaker Isabel Sandoval.<\/p>\n

Fresh from the Venice Film Festival, Lingua Franca chronicles the struggles of Olivia \u2013 played by Sandoval, an undocumented Filipina transgender woman who cares for Olga, an elderly Russian grandmother in Brooklyn. Olivia\u2019s search for love, security and a green card takes an unexpected turn following the arrival of an unlikely drifter who also happens to be Olga\u2019s adult grandson and troubled abattoir worker, Alex.<\/p>\n

Set against Trump-era immigration anxieties, Lingua Franca is both a sobering and visually mesmerising portrait of just some of the struggles facing the transgender community.<\/p>\n

Australian Premiere<\/p>\n

Join us after the film film for a filmmaker Q&A with Director, Producer, Writer and Star Isabel Sandoval!<\/p>\n

Venice Film Festival 2019 Nominee Queer Lion<\/span><\/strong> & Fedeora Award
\nLondon Film Festival 2019 Nominee Best Film<\/p>\n

“Sandoval imbues the piece with an authenticity so seldom seen on screen and often missing even in LGBTQ+ filmmaking, resulting in an important and brilliantly humanistic piece” – Film Inquiry<\/p>\n

Lingua Franca
\nSat Feb 22 6:30 PM
\nDendy Cinemas
\nUnclassified 18+ 93 Mins | 2019 | Philippines | USA | English, and Tagalog with English subtitles<\/p>\n

Queer Screen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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