In the eyes of the aristocrat and poet Vita Sackville-West, Virginia Woolf was a genius writer whose work and life attitudes she admired. When they met in person in the tumultuous years between the wars – a period of wild parties and political earthquakes –, admiration turned into a passionate affair that inspired Woolf’s most remarkable novel, Orlando. This romance with an all-star cast is based on the real lives of these icons of British literature and queer history.

Chanya Button

The Oxford graduate started as an assistant director in prominent London theatres. As a film director, she has made three successful short films. Her feature dark comedy Burn Burn Burn represents also her producing debut and featured at Febiofest 2017. The biographical romance Vita & Virginia is the second film by this talented young director.