Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau

Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau was born on Sep 26, 1986 in Germany. Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau's big-screen debut came with Mila Caos directed by Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau in 2011.

Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau is a German-Colombian artist. Their works are between cinema and performance, dealing with queer decoloniality. Simon(e) studied Media Art at the KHM Cologne and Film at the EICTV Cuba. Simon(e)'s films have premiered at Documenta14, Cannes Directors Fortnight, New Directors/New Films MoMA, Rotterdam and won, among others, the prize for Best Director at the International Cartagena Film Festival Colombia as well as the Emerging Talent Prize in Oberhausen. Simon(e)'s performance works have premiered at Studio R of Maxim Gorki Theater, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Hebbel am Ufer, as well as the 11th Berlin Biennale.