Jim Chuchu
The Kenyan Jim CHUCHU (1982) is a photographer, filmmaker, musician and video artist. He is co-founder and creative director of The NEST, a multidisciplinary art space in Nairobi. He released his first short film Homecoming in 2013. In 2014, Chuchu's first long feature, Stories of Our Lives, premiered in Toronto. It is an anthology of five short films dramatizing true stories of LGBT life in Kenya, where the film is banned for 'promoting homosexuality'. The film won several awards, including Berlinale's Teddy Jury Award and Chéries-Chéris Jury Prize. Tapi! (2020) has its world premiere at IFFR.
Filmography
(selection) Homecoming (2013, short), Stories of Our Lives (2014), To Catch a Dream (2015, short), Tuko Macho (2016, TV series), The Bones Remember (2016, short), We Need Prayers: This One Went to Market (2017, short), Let This Be a Warning (2017, short), We Need Prayers (2018, TV series), Tapi! (2020, short)
More info:
Wikipedia, Jim Chuchu
Jim Chuchu
Jim Chuchu at IFFR
Homecoming
11'
Kenya
IFFR 2014
Stories of Our Lives
60'
Kenya
IFFR 2018
Tuko Macho
60'
Kenya
IFFR 2018
We Need Prayers: This One Went to Market
5'
Kenya
IFFR 2018
Tapi!
Almost unbearable tension when Jason, a ritual healer, and representatives of the church face off in a Kenyan court.
20'
Kenya
IFFR 2020