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)
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Jim Chuchu
Jim Chuchu op IFFR
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Homecoming
Jim Chuchu | 11' | Kenya | European premiere
Stalker Max observes Alina, who lives opposite, with his camera. An alien invasion in Nairobi finally allows him to express his feelings. -
Tapi!
Jim Chuchu | 20' | Kenya | World premiere
Almost unbearable tension when Jason, a ritual healer, and representatives of the church face off in a Kenyan court. -
Stories of Our Lives
Jim Chuchu | 60' | Kenya | None
Stories of love that can only be lived and shared in secret. Anyone identifying as LGBTQI in Kenya risks a heavy penalty – possibly even… -
Tuko Macho
Jim Chuchu | 60' | Kenya | None
A high-tech underground gang takes the law into its own hands in crime-ridden Nairobi. The gang tails criminals, collects evidence, then kidnaps them. -
We Need Prayers: This One Went to Market
Jim Chuchu | 5' | Kenya | European premiere
An artist who knows to sell herself and an art scene that loves to buy: on the fascination with a popular black art movement and…