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Scotland, to begin work on new documentary shorts, and to mentor six new LGBTQ disabled and Deaf filmmakers. In 2016–17, Alland was commissioned by
Disability Arts Online and SICK! Festival to curate a playlist of films about D/deaf and disabled artists, and co-create five new short documentaries.
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352:, Canada. She was brought up by a Scottish migrant father and grandfather, and a mother of French-Canadian and Dutch descent. The first in her family to attend university, Alland completed undergraduate studies in Drama at the
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