If you could only hear about New York-based filmmaker Isabel Sandoval via one quote, we think The Museum of Modern Art said it best when it recognized Isabel Sandoval as a "rarity among the young generation of Filipino filmmakers."

Over the past decade, Isabel has cemented her status as one of the preeminent filmmakers representing the Filipino community. She has produced, written, and directed three full-length features, each receiving its own accolades and awards. And in March 2017, Isabel Sandoval was part of the SXSW 2017 panel "The Future is Female: Parity Now" alongside acclaimed filmmakers Bette Gordon and Nanfu Wang. Clearly, the future is Isabel Sandoval.

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Isabel is a New York-based filmmaker whom The Museum of Modern Art has recognized as a "rarity among the young generation of Filipino filmmakers". Her third feature, Lingua Franca, a drama about an undocumented Filipina transwoman in Brooklyn, recently premiered on Netflix to considerable acclaim. It also screened at the Frameline44 Pride Showcase in June.

She has produced, written and directed three full-length features, including Senorita (2011), which premiered in competition at the Locarno Film Festival and was nominated for Best Picture by the Young Critics Circle of the Philippines. Senorita also won the Emerging Director Award at the 2012 Asian-American International Film Festival.

Her second feature film, Apparition (2012), a period drama about cloistered Filipino nuns during the Marcos regime, premiered at Busan International Film Festival and won at prestigious festivals including the Hawaii International Film Festival and the Deauville Film Festival. In 2017, MoMA featured Apparition in its series "A New Golden Age: Contemporary Philippine Cinema" alongside works by Filipino masters Lav Diaz and Brillante Mendoza.

Meanwhile, Lingua Franca has received support from IFP, SFFILM, Frameline, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Tribeca Film Institute. It premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and was acquired by Ava DuVernay's ARRAY for North America.