Artist Bio

Alina Orlov is a filmmaker and multimedia artist whose practice investigates power, authority, and subjugation across contested geographies. Her work spans documentary cinema, installation, experimental animation, and other handmade media and materials. Orlov’s work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries, including Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan; the Eretz Israel Museum Biennale, Tel Aviv; and Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv. Her film, The Cavalry (2024), premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival and has screened at MoMA Doc Fortnight 2025, the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Buenos  Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, and the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, among other venues and festivals. The film is part of the Duke University Libraries collection. Orlov holds an MFA in Film, Video, New Media, and Animation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020) and a BFA with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2015). She has participated in artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center (2024) and Yarat Residency in Baku, Azerbaijan (2017).