Teddy Cherim

After his studies at the Met Film School in London, Teddy CHERIM (1988, Netherlands) co-wrote and co-directed the Dutch/Belgian feature Sterke verhalen (2010), making him the youngest Dutch director ever to have a full countrywide cinematic release. In 2013, after a life-changing documentary project in Syrian refugee camps along the Syro-Lebanese border, he started a production company called Developing Films, focusing on the making of developmental and campaign films for NGOs. He realised that he could use his filmmaking ‘powers’ to make an impact. In 2014, he moved to Kenya to train inexperienced filmmakers and develop TV formats for local television. Since 2016, Cherim has been back in the Netherlands, shooting commercials, documentaries, interactive projects and short films. In 2018, he won critical acclaim for his VR documentary Meet the Soldier. His work focuses on colliding cultures and the disparity between people. Cherim has received support from the Hubert Bals Fund.