Orlando, My Political Biography

Orlando, ma biographie politique

In 1928, Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando, the first novel in which the main character changes sex in the middle of the story. A century later, trans writer and activist Paul B. Preciado decides to send a film letter to Virginia Woolf: her Orlando has come out of her fiction and is living a life she could have never imagined. Preciado organizes a casting and gathers 26 contemporary trans and non-binary people, from 8 to 70 years old, who embody Orlando.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Paul B. Preciado

Script: Paul B. Preciado

Cinematography: Victor Zebo

Editing: Yotam Ben David

Sound: Olivier Goinard, Arno Ledoux

Music: Clara Deshayes

Production: Les Films du Poisson, 24images

Producers: Yaël Fogiel, Laetitia Gonzalez, Annie Ohayon-Dekel, Farid Rezkhallah

Costumes: Thomas Goudou, Caroline Spieth

Make Up: Elsa Gendre, Océane Lathuillière

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: France

Production Year: 2023

Duration: 99'

Contact: The Party Film Sales

Awards/Distinctions: Teddy Award, Special Mention, Tagesspiegel Reader’s Jury Prize – Berlin IFF 2023, Best Film – Reykjavik IFF 2023, Best Documentary – Rio de Janeiro 2023, Special Mention – Jerusalem FF 2023, Special Mention – Mar del Plata IFF 2023, Special Jury Prize – Jeonju IFF 2023, Audience Award – Bildrausch FF 2023

The screening is followed by a discussion with Krystalli Glyniadakis, poet.