Orla Smith
Known for
Directing
Biography
Orla is a filmmaker based in London who documents her life, using filmmaking as a form of therapy to varying degrees of success. She also produces nonfiction and “live cinema”, and co-founded the documentary festival The Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend (CNFW).
Best known work
Checking In
2020
Papercut
2022
Tube Film
2025
Plane Film
2026
Goodbye, World
Burden of Other People's Dreams
Burden of Other People's Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede
2026
Edinburgh '25
2026Filmography
TBA
Goodbye, WorldProducer, Editor, Sound Designer
TBA
Burden of Other People's DreamsProducer
2026
Plane Filmas Self, Director, Editor, Producer
2026
Edinburgh '25Director, Editor
2026
2025
Tube FilmDirector, Editor, Producer
2022
Papercutas Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Sound Designer
2020
Checking Inas Voiceover, Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Cinematography