Orlando
A Minha Biografia Política

Paul B. Preciado

5 – 3 October 2023

Cinema São Jorge, Lisboa

Cinema

Paul B. Preciado’s film “Orlando, my political biography” is an adaptation of one of English writer Virginia Woolf’s most famous works, “Orlando”, in which the director addresses a letter to the writer saying that her character Orlando has become real. Paul B. Preciado cast 25 different people, all trans and non-binary, from 8 to 70 years old, to play Virginia Woolf’s fictional character, while narrating and questioning their own lives: “who are the contemporary Orlandos?”. The film also brings together a series of archival images of trans people from the mid-20th century who invoke the real historical Orlandos in their struggle for recognition and visibility.

© Nitrato Filmes

First film by Paul B. Preciado, premiered this year at the Berlinale and winner of the Teddy Award for Best Documentary, “Orlando, my political biography” arrives in national cinemas in October, with a preview within the scope of BoCA, in partnership with Nitrato Filmes.

© Nitrato Filmes
Sessions

05.10.23

Auditório IPDJ, Faro

21:30

03.10.23

Cinema São Jorge, Lisboa

21:30
Duration
97 min.
Followed by the screening of an exclusive interview by BoCA to Paul B. Preciado (30 min.)
Language
Film in French, with subtitles in Portuguese
Interview in Spanish, with subtitles in Portuguese
Tickets
5€