Johannes Krug

Johannes Krug is an award winning German director with a strong connection to Ghana. After receiving his Bachelor in Audiovisual Media in 2017, he studied Directing, specializing in documentary films at the renowned Filmacademy Baden-Wuerttemberg. His documentary focus also impacts the way he writes and directs his fictional films. He is married to the Ghanaian educationist and fashion designer Irene Selorm Abiti. For his first fictional short film / series pilot Divine419: Hawkers Hustle he received the Africa Rising Award at the Black Star International Film Festival (Accra 2019), the Baden Wuerttembergischer Kurzfilmpreis at Filmschau Baden-Wuerttemberg (Stuttgart 2019), the Best Director Award at the Realtime International Film Festival (Lagos 2020) and a special mention at Vues d'Afrique (Montreal, 2020).