Alina Orlov is a filmmaker and multimedia artist working across experimental documentary and installation. Her practice examines power, authority, and subjugation across contested geographies, exploring how personal narratives become entangled with collective histories and how intimacy operates within larger political structures. Her most recent short film, The Cavalry (2024), premiered in the Pardi di Domani section of the 77th Locarno Film Festival and has screened at MoMA Doc Fortnight, Vancouver International Film Festival, Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, the Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival, Cosmic Rays, and Antimatter, among others. The film is included in the Duke University Libraries collection.