Loosely based on the novel of the same name by Virginia Woolf, Orlando is a fantastical, centuries-long, fourth wall-breaking period piece, which shucks off ascribed gender roles both on and off-screen - and celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

Young aristocrat Orlando (Tilda Swindon) begins a quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I (Quentin Crisp) as a man. He is granted favours and property by the queen who commands the nobleman to never change. Orlando completes the search 400 years later as a woman, shaking off their biological and cultural destiny.

Orlando is perhaps director Sally Potter's magnum opus; a festival favourite since its premiere at Venice Film Festival in 1992 that has been fervently embraced by the queer community for decades since.

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