Sandoval, who’s currently in North Carolina writing her next feature, made history last year when she became the first trans woman with a film in theShe said although it was “nerve-wracking” being chosen by one of the most important A-list festivals in the world, it was also a vindication, “because I got pushback from investors.Sandoval wrote, directed and starred in the film as Olivia, an undocumented trans woman working as a live-in caregiver to Olga , who suffers from dementia.
As for the issues she packs into the film, “I perceive and write my characters as not living in a vacuum. I feel the absence of privilege. And that really informs my films. That complexity and that layer that finds its way into how these characters live.” “Production designer Clint Ramos really did a great job at evoking the milieu and spirit of the area. It’s seen better days but still feels romantic.”“It’s just reflective of the kind of person I am,” Sandoval said. “In the film, what’s important is what’s left unsaid. The spaces carry more emotional weight between the characters.”
I saw the transgender indoctrination coming a mile away.