Ashunganya Nchafac Nkemlemo Precious, Cameroon
Director, Writer, Producer
Ashunganya Nchafac Nkemlemo Precious was born in Mmockmbie village in Cameroon. Her journey in film started in 2021 in her room, using low-budget lights, a phone and her creativity to create single-character short movies.
She belongs to Influens Arts, a film training program created by the Filmmaker Arnurin Nwunembom, where she produced and directed the short film ‘Red Microphone’. At Influens Arts, she has had the opportunity to participate in the Sister Speak digital literacy competition February edition where the Influens Arts team submitted the short movie ‘Killer Blog’ which she directed. The movie won the second position with over a thousand engagements on Facebook. At the April edition of the same competition, she emerged winner submitting the monologue entitled ‘Wrong Story’.
In 2023, she won a production grant from NEWF (Nature Environment Wildlife Filmmakers) at The Cameroon International Film Festival CAMIFF to produce a Wildlife Documentary in Cameroon. Ocean Stories, is a documentary series she produced for YouTube with support from NEWF, aimed at stimulating local curiosity about the ocean through the lens of people close to it. As a producer, she is motivated to make her movies accessible for every individual, especially those who cannot afford streaming platforms like Netflix and similar platforms which is why exploring YouTube’s reach is essential to her production strategy.
Ashunganya is currently the Storytelling Lead for AMMCO.
