'Unfulfilled romantic yearning is the grandest and most monumental of cinematic emotions. These are the films that really stay with you—'Casablanca' (1941), 'Titanic' (1997), & of course Wong Kar-wai's 'In the Mood for Love' (2000)'

--- Isabel Sandoval

'I don’t see anything in this film as humiliating because it’s something that she seeks out and is in control of.'

Joanna Arnow on the misconceptions of BDSM, filming comedy, and conveying the passage of time in her feature debut, opening this weekend: thefilmstage.com/joanna-arnow-o…

One of my favorites from last year’s Cannes—the sly, cheeky, gloriously deadpan debut from Joanna Arnow—comes out in theatres tomorrow.

April 16 is “International DAYS OF BEING WILD Day”

MOONGLOW, Day 1
Director: Isabel Sandoval
Cinematographer: Isaac Banks
Scene 1, Shot 1

'I said to Emmanuel Lubezki, ‘We need to start from scratch. We need to make the film we would have made before we went to film school— before we learned how to shoot & became too obsessed with polishing everything.'

--- Alfonso Cuarón on 'Y tu mamá también' (2001)

Arjo Atayde to star in Isabel Sandoval’s ‘MOONGLOW.’

(deadline.com/2024/03/arjo-a…)

I am very excited to officially announce that we have a book coming out this July called CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS. It is a critical and historical re-examination of transness in cinema in the vein of 'The Celluloid Closet'. You can pre-order the book now through bookshop.

Imperfect, tough, revelatory - love takes many forms, and #BFIPlayer has three perfect choices streaming now.

Stolen Kisses (1968)
Lingua Franca (2019)
Girls Girls Girls (2021)

Enjoy a year of streaming for £40 (new customers only), with code ANNUAL24.

TUE 2/6: For her final event as the 2023-24 A/P/A Institute Artist-in-Residence, Isabel Sandoval presents a lecture on the ways in which her multiple identities inform her approach to filmmaking. Register for 'In Her Own Words: Isabel Sandoval': bit.ly/isabel2624

come through for 5 days of sick Filipino films at BAM bam.org/backstage/prog…

In Isabel Sandoval's acclaimed breakout, an
undocumented Filipina trans woman becomes romantically involved with her patient’s grandson. 

Now playing in our Directed by Isabel Sandoval collection alongside an episode of MEET THE FILMMAKERS with Sandoval. criterionchannel.com/lingua-franca

Isabel was the first director I spoke to for my book and she really set the tone for how I approached the rest of the interviews. If you haven’t watched her films yet, do yourself a favor and check them out asap.

❤️ THREE BY Isabel Sandoval ❤️ Now playing! bit.ly/3THxi9J

Featuring a new MEET THE FILMMAKERS interview with the director!

The acclaimed director toys with genre conventions in her subversive portraits of women tangled up in complex sociopolitical realities.

LINGUA FRANCA is now streaming on The Criterion Channel

My three features—Señorita, Apparition and LINGUA FRANCA—will premiere on the Criterion Channel on January 1