Joel Kachi Benson

Joel Kachi Benson is passionate about stories, and has been making documentary stories for over a decade. In February 2018, he was introduced to the world of Virtual Reality, and became the first Nigerian filmmaker to use Virtual Reality technology for storytelling, when he produced In Bakassi, a virtual experience of life in one of the largest IDP Camps in Northeast Nigeria. In September 2019, Kachi Benson’s Daughters of Chibok made history, when it won the Venice Lion at the Venice Film Festival, making him the first African to win the prestigious prize in the Virtual Reality category. He lives and works in Nigeria where manages JB Multimedia Studios and VR360 Stories.

El Festival Internacional de Cine de Guanajuato