Specifications
- Director
- Alina Orlov
- Country of production
- Canada, USA, Israel
- Year
- 2024
- Format
- DCP 4K
- Tone
- Color
- Duration
- 17'
- Original version
- Hebrew (with English subtitles)
Synopsis
The Cavalry is a experimental documentary that examines the involuntary role of animals in human conflict. Filmed from January to September 2023 in Israel and the West Bank, it focuses on the Israeli Police Cavalry Unit, revealing how the horses’ training and out of this creates a subtly layered, provocative meditation on obedience and subjugation.
The Cavalry — Trailer
Festivals
2025: MoMA Doc Fortnight — Doc Fortnight Shorts 1: Abstraction as Apprehension · NYC, USA — link
2025: Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) — Animation section · Cartagena, Colombia — link
2025: DMZ International Documentary Film Festival — ESSAY section · South Korea — link
2025: The Nashville Film Festival — The Short Edge — link
2025: Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival — In the Shadow of the State — link
2025: International Filmfest Bremen — Fears – Innovation Shorts #3 — link
2025: COSMIC RAYS Film Festival — Program 2: Night Music — link
2025: Kino Athens — International Independent Film Festival, Short Film – Programme II — link
2025: XXIII Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival — link
2025: Artist Film Festival at Artport — Claiming Space — link
2025: Bridge Video's Festival of Holes — Part One: “Qualia Mirage” — link
2025: The Portland EcoFilm Festival — link
2025: Prague Film Festival — Short Docs — link
2024: Locarno Film Festival — Pardi di Domani: Concorso Internazionale — link
2024: Vancouver International Film Festival — Modes 1 — link
2024: FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival — link
2024: Antimatter [media art] — link
Press
Credits
Director, Camera, Edit: Alina Orlov
Sound & Original Score: Patrick O'Shea
Produced by: Alina Orlov & Patrick O'Shea
Acquirements
2025: Duke University Libraries — Acquired The Cavalry (USA)
Contact
For festival bookings, press, and screening inquiries: info@thecavalryfilm.com