Jill Orschel is an award-winning filmmaker whose projects focus on women from the Intermountain West and other underrepresented communities. Her breakout documentary short, SISTER WIFE, about a mother of twelve within an infamous polygamist sect, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won a special Jury Award at SXSW, and went on to screen at festivals internationally. Jill’s non-fiction work has also premiered at DOC NYC, IDFA, Rooftop, and other festivals. She received a BA in Journalism from Colorado State University, a MFA in Film Studies from the University of Utah, and continues to evolve her connections and collaborations through organizations such as Sundance Institute (Collab), International Documentary Association, Film Fatales, and Women Make Movies. She founded and directed the annual Filmmakers Showcase for fifteen years in Park City, Utah which highlights new work by emerging and established filmmakers throughout the state. Jill’s debut feature-length documentary SNOWLAND pairs an intriguing character-driven story with innovative, artful stop-motion collage.