Jiendu Anthony Chukwudozie

The Executive Producer

The current president of Karr Resources Limited, Honourable Dr. Anthony C. Jiendu is a film and television executive producer with more than 10 years of experience in the business.

 

In November of 2004 he Created, Executive Produced, a feature length film titled "SCARES".

 

His other feature projects include TRAPPED DREAM that had its world premiere Jan 2009 at the Goteborg International Film festival and had screened in other film festivals both in Europe and Africa.

 

THE LOST TRIBE, CISCO, HERO’S BRIDE, LILIES OF THE GHETTO and THE MISSING GOD are feature length film projects that he produced between “2006 to 2015”.

 

He served as the Executive Producer for ISAKABAH SHOW (NTA ENUGU) and coproduced the pilot for a half-hour syndicated television program THE ETHNIC PERSPECTIVE, hosted by Nene Olua

 

Before joining the movie world, Anthony worked as a banker with Union Bank Plc and later retired in early 90s after which he joined the advertising world and worked as head in the Creative Services department and Marketing consultant.

 

Anthony earned his undergraduate degree in Business Management Studies from Anambra State University Enugu Campus in the old Anambra, his Masters and Doctorial degree in Marketing, from the University of Lagos.

 

 

Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu

The Filmmaker

Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu is an international award-winning film director, whose style of filmmaking has global cinema acceptance. Joseph studied Political science in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria, had his film training at Media Centre Dakar Senegal, Berlin Talent Campus Germany and resident program with Masion Jeune de la cuture Lile France. In 2000, I made my first short film on Digital Video titled: "Jungle Justice". In 2001, I made another short movie on digital video titled: "Wahala" and in 2004, I made a silence short movie (cinema de expressionism) on digital video titled: "Dechirure". Between 2000 – 2004, I have worked as an apprentice and assistant director in feature length film projects shot on 35mm, super 16mm, and 16mm with French crew, German crew and Senegalese crew and have shot several TV commercials both as a model and assistant director..

In 2009, I made my first feature length titled: “Trapped Dream” on SD with fundings from Image Afrique (department of french foreign ministry France), Goteborg International Film Festival Fund Sweden and The Global Film Initiatives San Francisco USA.

Trapped Dream screened in more than 9 international film festivals both in Africa, Europe and Americas. The world Premiere of Trapped Dream held during Goteborg International film festival Sweden 2009, followed by other screenings both in official competition and Panoramas, “Fribourg International film festival Switzerland, Cinematheque D’ Afrique Lausanne Switzerland, Fespaco Bukina Faso, Afrykamera Warsaw Poland, Kenya International Film festival, Cinema De Africano Verona Italy where I won the Special Jury Price Award, Balafon International Film Festival Bari Italy and African Cinema in Trieste Italy”.

In 2010, I made another feature length film, shot on HD titled: Lilies of the Ghetto, with the funding support of Vision Sud Est Switzerland. Lilies of the Ghetto had three nominations in the African Movie Academy Award, screened in Pan African Film Festival (Vues D’Afrique) Montreal Canada, Pan African Cannes France and Cinema Africano del Tarifa Spain, Lumiere Film Festival France etc.

In 2013, I shot my premier feature length documentary film project titled: "THE LOST TRIBE", documentary on the historical origin of the Igbo race as black Jews of Africa and one of the major tribes in Nigeria. Lost Tribe had its first screening in official competition during the 3rd edition of African International Film Festival (AFRIFF 2013) in Tinapa Calabar.

In 2014, I participated in "EAVE" an European Coproduction Master-class Film Training program with Goethe Institute Lagos. I did worked as a freelance director for other indigenous film production companies.

In 2015, I directed three feature length film projects for MNET "AMOF" titles: Truthful Lies, Payback is a Woman and Blind steal.

Currently done with the post-production phase of my newly shot feature length “The Missing God” on 4k digital cinema camera.

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