2026Nominee
Best Performance
Plane Film
Orla Smith
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
Nominee
Best Picture
Goodbye, World
2020Nominee
Best Performance
Checking In
Career Highlights
2022Highlight
Best Performance
Papercut
2026Highlight
Best Director
Edinburgh '25