STEPHEN WARDELL  is a queer filmmaker from the Midwest. Their work ranges from experimental 16mm practices to documentary portraiture to fiction filmmaking. Recent screenings include: Visions du Réel, Switzerland; L’Alternativa Independent Film Fest, Barcelona; Fringe! Queer Film Fest, London; ULTRAcinema, Mexico; Ann Arbor Film Festival; and Chicago Underground Film Festival. In 2020 they were the winner of the Emerging Artist jury award at the Mimesis Documentary Festival.