LINGUA FRANCA follows an undocumented Filipina trans woman Olivia (Isabel Sandoval) after she has secured a job as a live-in caregiver for Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. Olivia’s main priority is to secure a green card to stay in America. But when she unexpectedly becomes romantically involved with Olga’s adult grandson Alex (Eamon Farren), issues around identity, civil rights and immigration threatens her very existence.
Written & Directed by Isabel Sandoval
Starring Isabel Sandoval, Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen
Production Company Tal Vez Productions, Two Three Five
Distribution Array + Netflix
AWARDS
Venice Days - International Competition
BFI London Film Festival - International Competition
American Film Festival Wroclaw - Competition
International Film Festival of India Goa - World Panorama
Festival International du Film de Mons - International Competition
Palm Springs Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Hamburg International Film Festival
Vinokino Film Festival
Everybody’s Perfect LGBT Film Festival
Gender Bender Film Festival
Slovak Queer Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival
How Dare You Want More - Official Music Video
Produced by Sarah Brennan Kolb
Directed by Bill Benz
Production Company Above Average
Director Matt Luem
Producer Sarah Brennan Kolb
Production Company Above Average
A carpenter struggles to move beyond his troubled past when he returns to his hometown to mend relationships and finds solace in building a log cabin by hand.
Written & Directed by JOSH MELROD
Starring UJON TOKARSKI, TARA SUMMERS & LANE BRADBURY
Produced by SARAH BRENNAN KOLB
Production Company: General Store Films, Tal Vez Productions
Distribution: Good Deed Entertainment + Kino Lorber
AWARDS
Raindance Film Festival - UK (World Premiere)
Austin Film Festival (US Premiere - Jury Prize Nominee)
Newport Beach Film Festival (West Coast Premiere)
Ischia Film Festival (Italian Premiere - Winner, Best Director)
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (Winner, Best Vermont Film)
Columbus Film Festival (Jury Prize Nominee)
Byron Bay Film Festival (Australian Premiere)
St. Louis International Film Festival
Vermont International Film Festival (Winner, Audience Award)
Director Alec Sutherland
Producer Sarah Brennan Kolb
Production Company Cycle Media
Ollie (Tessa Thompson) is a reformed drug runner in an economically depressed small town in North Dakota, who was caught coming back from Canada with medicine for her terminally ill mother and has been toeing the line ever since. After her mother dies, Ollie’s sister Deb (Lily James) shows up on her doorstep with a hungry child and an unplanned pregnancy. Ollie can only see one viable option: quickly raise money to pay back the bank and hold onto their mother’s home, so Deb can raise her family safely away from her abusive ex. But to do that, she’ll need to return to the dangerous way of life she thought she’d left behind.
Written & Directed by Nia Dacosta
Produced by Rachael Fung & Gabrielle Nadig
Co-Producer Sarah Brennan Kolb
Starring Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, Lance Reddick
Distribution Neon + Hulu
AWARDS
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER – Nora Ephron Prize for excellence in
storytelling
LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL
ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DENVER FILM FESTIVAL
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Best US Indie
Narrative Feature
NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL
BOSTON WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL
MONTANA FILM FESTIVAL
HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL
VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL
Director Erin Sax
Producer Sarah Brennan Kolb
Production Company Vayner Media