The Yellow Hotel

2026 · Completed comedy feature · Cebuano with English subtitles · Release date to be announced

The story

A trans woman call-center trainer leads her recruits through a Cebu City team-building night, carrying the memory of a father who rejected her. A corporate ritual becomes a journey through faith, desire and self-acceptance, structured through the books of the Bible.

Produced, written and directed by Andy Denson.
Cinematography by Cal Leo.
Edited by Ethan David Gipanao and Andy Denson.
Assistant Director: Roselle Mae Colina.
Translation: Doydoy Megriño.
Watercolors by Shaun Rodriguez.
Executive Producer: Shem Garcia.

Press

The Freeman’s January 2024 coverage identifies the film and its director.

Film presentation

Inside The Yellow Hotel

One night in Cebu City. A journey from Genesis to Revelation.

Form

Queer ensemble comedy feature

Setting

Cebu City, Philippines

Language

Cebuano with English subtitles

Status

2026 · completed · release arrangements to be announced

Download the film presentation (PDF)

12 slides · Story, people, creative approach and programming.

Lester / Shuan

Luna Hisman leads the ensemble as a woman whose professional authority coexists with an old private wound. Her story makes room for humor, pleasure and tenderness alongside her father’s judgment.

The city inside the film

Call-center culture, hotel rooms, street conversation and the coast share one emotional landscape. Cebuano language and everyday rhythms ground the film’s spiritual strangeness.

A tactile visual language

Captured in 4K on a single iPhone 13 mini, the film works with available light, intimate proximity and local collaborators. Cal Leo’s cinematography keeps the camera close to the people and places of the story.

The next audience

The completed feature is open to distribution, exhibition and producing conversations. Queer independent cinema, regional Philippine stories and ensemble comedy provide starting points for programming. Final runtime, delivery materials and release arrangements are available by inquiry.

The Cebu Cycle

The Yellow Hotel belongs to Andy Denson’s Cebu Cycle, a body of feature work rooted in belonging, care, faith and the search for home. Its Cebu setting connects the filmmaker’s American and Filipino experiences.

For screening, distribution, licensing or press inquiries: ladderproductionsllc@gmail.com. Ladder Production Films · Cebu City, Philippines.

Behind the scenes

Preparation, phone filmmaking and script work from The Yellow Hotel production archive.