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.
Orlando, My Political Biography
Orlando, ma biographie politique
25th TiDF: Greek Premiere

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: 98'
- Contact: The Party Film Sales
- Awards/Distinctions: Encounters Competition Special Jury Award, Berlinale Documentary Award Special Mention, Teddy Awards Best Documentary/Essay Film, Tagesspiegel Readers’ Jury Award – Berlinale 2023
Paul B. Preciado
Filmography
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