Orly Yadin

Orly has written, directed and/or produced documentaries and animation films and series, mainly in the UK. Prior to making films, she was a film researcher on historical programs and was also founder and Managing Director of Footage Farm – an archival footage collection. Orly has taught documentary film history and theory in Universities in England and at Burlington College.

In 1995 she co-founded and ran Halo Productions specializing in animation films. Many of Halo’s short films won international awards at festivals, and one, Silence, was short-listed for the Academy Awards.  Since 2004, in the USA, she became involved in the film community, participating in the collectively-made Freedom & Unity – The Vermont Movie, and co-wrote and directed a 40-minute animated documentary One Alcoholic to Another. In 2012 she became the Executive Director of VTIFF (Vermont International Film Foundation) and served in this role for 12 years. In 2023 she stepped down from this role to pursue her work as a filmmaker.