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Articles by Orla Smith

Orla Smith is the former Executive Editor of Seventh Row, a regular contributor at The Film Stage, and a freelance writer with bylines at JumpCut Online, Cinema Year Zero, and Girls on Tops. In her free time she makes movies.

Directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt are pictured in front a black and white still of jazz musician Billy Tipton. The image features text that states this is an interview at TIFF.

Orla Smith / September 12, 2020

TIFF Interview: Reclaiming transmasculine history in No Ordinary Man

Transgender jazz musician Billy Tipton’s life was distorted by the media after his death. No Ordinary Man aims to correct that narrative.

A still from the short film Modern Whore, of a woman's lips lit in blue and pink neon. The text on the images reads: Modern Whore, Fantasia Film Festival.

Orla Smith / September 2, 2020

Modern Whore is a short about sex work for fans of Cam

Nicole Bazuin’s short Modern Whore feels like a documentary sister to Cam: it’s just as stylised, intelligent, and positive about sex work.

An still from the short film Exam, next to the film's director Sonia K. Hadad. The image bears the text: Interview.

Orla Smith / August 24, 2020

Exam is the year’s most horrifically tense short

Iranian writer-director Sonia K. Hadad discusses crafting her nail-biting short film Exam, starring captivating up-and-comer Sadaf Asghari.

An image of Andrea Dorfman, superimposed over a still from her film, Spinster. The image has the text, "Interview," over it.

Orla Smith / August 8, 2020

Andrea Dorfman on Spinster, an ‘anti rom-com’ for the ages

Spinster director Andrea Dorfman’s heartwarming comedy maintains that heroine Gaby (Chelsea Peretti) doesn’t need romantic love to be happy.

An image of writer-director Eva Riley, in front of a still from her film, Perfect 10. In the still, brother and sister pair Leigh and Joe ride on a motorbike together, laughing and smiling. The image is labelled "Interview."

Orla Smith / August 5, 2020

Eva Riley on Perfect 10, her touching sibling story disguised as a sports film

Writer-director Eva Riley on Perfect 10’s tumultuous journey from script to screen, and how she realised she wasn’t making a sports or a crime movie.

Correspondences, Correspondencia, Carla Simón, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo

Orla Smith / July 28, 2020

Correspondencia is a rare dialogue between filmmakers

Carla Simón’s and Dominga Sotomayor Castillo’s shortform collaboration, Correspondencia (Correspondences), is a thrillingly urgent series of video letters.

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