Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired North American rights to Berlin Encounters award winner Orlando, My Political Biography from The Party Film Sales, which announced a raft of international deals.
Paul B. Preciado’s film has also gone to Picturehouse for UK & Ireland, L’Atalante for Spain, Fandango for Italy, Gutek Films for Poland, and Nitrato for Portugal.
Orlando, My Political Biography won the Teddy Award for best documentary, special jury mention in Encounters, special jury mention for best documentary and the independent Tagspiegel Readers Award.
Set nearly a century after Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando, the first novel in which the main character changes sex in the middle of the story, trans writer and activist Paul B. Preciado gathers 26 contemporary trans and non-binary people, from eight to 70 years old, who embody Orlando.
Sideshow and Janus Films are planning a theatrical release following a run of prestige North American film festivals.
Les Films du Poisson’s Yael Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez produced and 24images’ Annie Ohayon and Farid Rezkallah and Arte co-produced.
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