Simonee Chichester is a multi-disciplinery artist who acts, directs, writes and produces. She has committed herself to the art of storytelling through various media for over 15 years. Chichester's Choice is her first documentary feature film, Chichester began acting and modeling in her early teens. While attending the Etobicoke School for the Arts, she was a host on a college community radio station. This led to her pursuit of a diploma in Radio Broadcast from Humber College. Chichester has worked in a variety of jobs – the service industry, owning her own pet care business, managing bands and filmmaking. In all of her endeavors, she has gained skills that have complimented her artistic endeavors while allowing her to pursue her own projects on a full time basis. As an independent filmmaker, Chichester is familiar with all aspects of development, production and post-production . Chichester's Choice premiered this year at the Hot Docs International Film Festival.
Chichester’s Choice follows filmmaker, Simonee as she investigates the life of her homeless father, Edgar Chichester who abandoned her at six years old. Twenty-three years later, Simonee journeys to the streets of Guyana and Brazil to find and reunite with her father in the hopes of forgiving and understanding him while coming to terms with who she is. It is…