Orly Yadin

Orly Yadin, Executive Director of VTIFF since Jan 2012, is a filmmaker and producer of both documentaries and animation films and series. Prior to making films, she was a film researcher on historical programs and in 2001 she founded Footage Farm – an archival footage collection based in London with international clients. Orly has also 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. A Vermont resident since 2004 and a US citizen since 2010. For more details on the films Orly produced before residing in Vermont go to: http://www.yadinproductions.com/Yadin_Films.html