Jessie Chisi is a Zambian film director and screenwriter.Growing up in
Zambia, Chisi attended the Durban Talent Campus in 2009 and in 2010
was accepted at the Berlinale Talent Campus. She was production
assistant on Rungano Nyoni's 2011 short film Mwansa the Great.In 2013
Chisi established the Zambia Short Film Fest, show-casing short films
of 15 minutes or less.Chisi's Berlinale pitch, then called Woman On
Hold, eventually became her 2014 film Between Rings, funded by the
Finnish Film Foundation. The story concerns Chisi's cousin Esther
Phiri, Zambia's first female boxer, who was torn between marriage and
career. It screened at the Copenhagen International Documentary
Festival.
Zambia, Chisi attended the Durban Talent Campus in 2009 and in 2010
was accepted at the Berlinale Talent Campus. She was production
assistant on Rungano Nyoni's 2011 short film Mwansa the Great.In 2013
Chisi established the Zambia Short Film Fest, show-casing short films
of 15 minutes or less.Chisi's Berlinale pitch, then called Woman On
Hold, eventually became her 2014 film Between Rings, funded by the
Finnish Film Foundation. The story concerns Chisi's cousin Esther
Phiri, Zambia's first female boxer, who was torn between marriage and
career. It screened at the Copenhagen International Documentary
Festival.
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