My work focuses on human and nonhumans living in the world together, close observations of flora and fauna that make up this magnificent planet, and ideas and impulses that celebrate these sublime environmental elements. My recent work is focused primarily on analog and process based film work in super 8 and 16mm; cameraless motion picture processes using cyanotype animation process; eco processing techniques using plant based developers foraged on site
Selected Film Festival and Museum Screenings
2022, 600 Moons, 16mm Film Festival, Harkat Studios, Mumbai, INDIA
2022, 600 Moons, FLIGHT – Mostra del Cinema di Genova, Genoa, ITALY
2022, 600 Moons, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH
2021, 600 Moons, Revolutions Per Minute Festival, online festival U Mass Boston, Dept. of Art, Boston, MA
2021, 600 Moons, Engauge Experimental Film Festival, Seattle, WA
2021, 600 Moons, Montana Film Festival, Missoula, MT
2020, Bard in the Backcountry, ongoing, national distribution, American Public Television
2020, Black (W)hole Installation, Tinworks Art, Bozeman, MT
2017, Timescales II:Freezing Fog, exterior video projection, Engine8 pop up show, Bozeman, MT
2016, Black (W)hole Installation, “Uncertainty” Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, CA
2015, “Forward to Distant Times: New Visions of the West,” included O! Sprinklers, LA Film Forum, Los Angeles
2015, Looking at Neon Signs, All Night Salon, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Bard in the Backcountry, Northwest Tracking, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
2015 Bard in the Backcountry, Big Sky Documentary Film Fest, Missoula, MT
2015, Black (W)hole Installation, M.I.T.’s Cambridge Science Festival, Cambridge, MA
2015-ongoing, Bard in the Backcountry, May, July, Nov, Montana PBS Broadcast
2014 Mating for Life, Wings Over the Rockies Festival, Invermere, British Columbia, CANADA
2014, Black (W)hole Installation, Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland, CA
2014 Black (W)hole Installation, Rio Grande Science and Arts Festival, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
2013 Timescales I:Supercell, Visible Evidence XX, International conference, Stockholm, SWEDEN
2013 Black (W)hole Installation, Celebrating Einstein Emerson Center, Bozeman, MT
2012 Mating For Life , Sondrio Festival, International Documentary FF on Parks, Sondrio, ITALY
2012 Mating For Life Southern Appalachian International FF, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
2012, Mating for Life, Black Maria Film Festival, Director’s Choice, US TOUR
2012, Mating For Life, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, MT
2010, “Views of Montana,” included Four Short Films By Cindy Stillwell. LA Film Forum, Los Angeles CA
2010, 111º Longitude, Dust to Dust: Remains in the Desert, Salón Covadonga, Mexico City, MEXICO
2010, 111º Longitude, Flagstaff Film Festival, Flagstaff, AZ
2009, 111º Longitude, Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, AZ
2009, 111º Longitude, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, MT
2009, High Plains Winter, Documentary Fortnight, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
2009, Hay Daze, Eugene International Film Festival, Eugene, OR
2007, High Plains Winter, Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
2007, High Plains Winter, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2007, High Plains Winter, Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC
2007, High Plains Winter, Kino Pavasaris, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007, High Plains Winter, Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland
2007, High Plains Winter, Women With Vision, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2006, High Plains Winter , International Leipzig DOK Festival, Leipzig, Germany
2006, High Plains Winter, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland
2006, High Plains Winter, Rural Route Film Festival, New York, NY
2006, High Plains Winter, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, NC
2006, High Plains Winter, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
2006, High Plains Winter, International Film Festival of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005, LOST, collaborative multi-media installation, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT
2005, A Season on the Move, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2004 A Season on the Move, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2004 A Season on the Move, PDX Film Festival, Portland, OR
2004 A Season on the Move, Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT
2004 O SPRINKLERS!, River Run Film Festival, NC
2003 O SPRINKLERS! Picture Start, Providence, RI
2003 O SPRINKLERS! Baltimore Artscape03, Baltimore, MD
2003 O SPRINKLERS! Maryland International Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
2003 O SPRINKLERS! Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT
2002 The First Story Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA
2002 The First Story Central Standard Film Festival, St. Paul, MN.
2002 The First Story Picture Start, film series, Providence, RI
2002 The First Story super8 side show, Denver, CO,
2002 The First Story Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2002 The First Story Slamdance Film Festival, Park City, UT.
2001 The First Story Gladys Crane Mountain Plains Film Festival, Laramie, WY
2001 The First Story Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2001 The First Story Seattle Underground Film Festival, Seattle, WA
2001 The First Story President’s Fine Art Series, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT\
2000 The First Story Bozeman Film Festival, Bozeman, MT.
1997 Wild To Be Wreckage Forever exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany
1997 Wild To Be Wreckage Forever Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA
1996 Wild To Be Wreckage Forever Sinking Creek Film Festival, Nashville, TN
1996 Wild To Be Wreckage Forever New Directors: Short Films by Women, Ukiah, CA
1996 Wild To Be Wreckage Forever Denver International Film Festival, Denver, CO
Selected Grants, Residencies, and Awards
Best Experimental Documentary, Mating for Life, BZN International Film Festival, 2021
Creative Imaging Retreat, a.k.a. “Film Farm,” Mount Forest, Ontario, CANADA, July 2019
Artist in Residence, Johnson Cultural Center, Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, CANADA, May 2019
EMMY nomination, Bard in the Backcountry, documentary, NW Regional, 2016
Director’s Choice, Mating for Life, Black Maria Film Festival, 2012
Fellowship, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artist Residency, Taos, NM, Summer, 2011
Honorable Mention, 111 Degrees Longitude, UFVA Faculty Juried Competition, 2010
Fellowship, Ucross Foundation Artist Residency Program, June 2009
Best Experimental Film, High Plains Winter, Fargo Film Festival, 2008
Best Experimental Film, High Plains Winter, Rural Route Film Festival, 2006-07
Jurors Award, High Plains Winter, San Diego Women’s Film Festival, 2006
Fellowship, MacDowell Colony Artist Residency, Oct 2006
3rd Place, A Season on the Move, Film Biennial Blow Out!, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, 2005
Best Experimental Film, A Season on the Move, Rural Route Film Festival, 2004
Fellowship, MacDowell Colony Artist Residency, May 2004
Honorable Mention, A Season on the Move, Super8 Film + Digital Festival, 2004
Honorable Mention, A Season on the Move, Black Maria Film Festival, 2004
BronzeADDY Award, BZN Community Food Co-op TV Ad Campaign, Montana Advertising Federation, 2003
Honorable Mention, Juried Screenings, O Sprinklers! UFVA, 2003
Honorable Mention, The First Story, Black Maria Film Festival, 2001
Fellowship, Ucross Foundation Artist Residency Program, 1997
NYU First Run Film Festival Wasserman Award Semi-Finalist “Wild To Be Wreckage Forever,” 1996