Documentary, 98 minutes, 2023

 

Director: Paul B. Preciado

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Written by Paul B. Preciado

 

With Paul B. Preciado, Oscar S Miller, Janis Sahraoui, Liz Christin, Elios Levy, Victor Marzouk, Kori Ceballos, Vanasay Khamphommala, Ruben Rizza, Julia Postollec, Amir Baylly, Naëlle Dariya, Jenny Bel'Air, Emma Avena, Lilie Vincent, Artur Verri, Eléonore Lorent, La Bourette, Noam Iroual, Iris Crosnier, Clara Deshayes.

 

Castiel Emery, Frédéric Pierrot, Nathan Callot, Pierre et Gilles, Tristana Gray Martyr, Le Filip, Miss Drinks, Tom Dekel, Rilke and Pompom. With the exceptional participation of Virginie Despentes.

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Synopsis:

 

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 organises a casting and gathers 26 contemporary trans and non-binary people, from 8 to 70 years old, who embody Orlando.

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Awards and festivals:

 

Berlinale 2023 : Special Mention of the Documentary Award Jury; Encounters Special Jury Award; Teddy Award; Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award. Festival Visions du Réel 2023. Bildrausch film festival: Audience Award

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Partners:

 

​In coproduction with 24 IMAGES and ARTE FRANCE. With the participation of CNC. Supported by PROCIREP/ANGOA ; la Région Normandie ; GUCCI ; COLOSÉ PRODUCCINES et MARROWBONE.

 

International sales:

 

THE PARTY FILM SALES