Big Beach to Produce Period Allegory ‘Tropical Gothic’ From ‘Lingua Franca’ Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval

Special: Big Beach announces it will release a future feature Tropical Gothic A common languageElizabeth Sandoval.

The action takes place in the Philippines in the 16th century, Tropical Gothic An allegory about a native priest in Western colonialism who convinces his Spanish master that he has the spirit of his dead girlfriend in order to manipulate the Spaniards into returning them to their own society.

Sandoval and producer Carlo Velayo launched the project in 2020 on the Locarno Open Doors Hub, an international platform for art projects seeking international collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean. The couple received the VFF Talent Highlights Award at the Berlinale Talent Project Fair in March, and the accompanying cash prize will be used to develop the film. Credible will direct from its own script and starring Michael B. Clark and Alex Turtleau are producers with Velayo on Big Beach. Production will begin later this year.

Sandoval is a Filipino actor, writer, director, producer and editor who has movies. common language History was made as the first competition to be directed and played by a trans woman of color at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. Sandoval’s third feature film, directed and shot for the first time in the USA, went to the Global Film Festival in 2020 and was nominated for the 2021 Independent John Cassavete Soul Award. Theatrical distribution kicked off by Ava DuVerna’s Array, the movie is now available to stream on Netflix.

Sandoval also wrote and directed movies junior senior Y ghosts– Recently the final episode of director FX’s limited series Under the flag of heavenBased on a book by John Krakauer.

Big Beach is an independent production company founded in 2004 by Turtletaub and Peter Saraf, who have created notable feature films such as: miss a little sunshine, Relating to, Have a great day in the neighborhood. Y Farewell. He’s also behind TV series like Starz. Lifefacebook clock ვარSorry for your loss and Rai Russo-Yang ᲑNuclear family for HBO. The company’s upcoming releases include Hannah Marx’s Tribeca premiere. Dont force meNewly Announced Disney+ Visual out of my mind From director Amber Silly and her latest Cannes film Un Certain Regard to listenDirected by Loti Nathan. Big Beach is currently posting about Turtletaub’s next feature JulyStarring Sir Ben Kingsley.

Sandoval is played by CAA, Team 713 Entertainment and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.