Teboho Edkins, born in the USA in 1980, grew up in Lesotho, South Africa and in Germany. After studying fine arts at the University of Cape Town he took up a two-year residency at Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains in Tourcoing in northern France. He followed this with a postgraduate degree in directing at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin.

Source: 65. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)