UKBAR FILMES
Born in Cinema, after graduating in Political Science and International Relations, Pandora opted to “return” to film and television production. She worked at Círculo de Leitores, UniPortugal, Animatógrafo and Filmes de Fundo before founding Ukbar Filmes.
She is a member of the board of the European Producers Club. She also belongs to the European Film Academy, APRAF, was President of the APCA, and is now Chairman of the Board of this General Conference. She is a natural motivator and has an innate ability to bring the right people together for each project.
She believes that days are 48 hours long and that, with a lot of creativity, you can do great projects. If Pablo dreams of forests, it could be said that Pandora dreams of trees.
Born in Buenos Aires, into a family of exhibitors, Pablo left La Serenísima in Argentina for the world of finance; and, again, put his suits and ties aside to join the Patagonik Film Group in 2001.
He was responsible for more than 25 features that premiered in Latin America, ranging from art-house films to box office hits. He came to Portugal in 2008 and Ukbar Filmes was created the following year.
His double degree in Engineering makes him an extraordinary planner. He is part of the EPC, the European Film Academy and the Portuguese Academy of Cinema. He is a trainer in Creative Media programs, Torino Film Lab and Biennale College; and frequently serves as a jury member in the Festival de San Sebastián, in Guadalajara and at the Mostra de São Paulo. If Pandora dreams of trees, it could be said that Pablo dreams of forests.
Rosa Palma is Head of CoPros & Business Development at Ukbar Filmes. Her duties include identifying and converting new business opportunities into international co-productions and identifying and channeling international investments to the company. He has been working in audiovisual for over a decade, having been at the genesis of SPi, in 2017 where she reached the position of Deputy Head of Business. However, her career began at SP Televisão, in 2013, as Customer Manager, in the New Business Department, having been invited to assume the role of International Sales Executive, in 2015, for the acquisition of new international customers and to the sale of Fiction Content.
With a degree in International Relations, before starting your professional career in audiovisual, Rosa worked in the areas of Tourism and Marketing.
Between the Air Force, Astrology and Astronomy — truly eclectic areas —, it can be said that her head is in the sky and the stars, but her feet are on the lands of Facebook and Instagram, with the mission to plant Ukbar’s flag.
In addition to these interests, she also developed activity as a real estate agent, and it was through a yoga class that she was recruited to join Ukbar.
Born in Lisbon, Rafael studied Screenwriting at ESTC and immediately went to Ukbar (without passing through the “Go” tile [as per the Monopoly tradition rules]), where he has been doing a bit of everything. In addition to office work, he’s been growing as a 3rd Assistant Director in some shootings.
His interest in writing comes from an early age, writing short stories; he even won for the 2nd place for two consecutive years in the national creative writing contest, “Uma Aventura”. And it must be said, that it’s a true adventure to try to dethrone his always calm and warm smile.
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With a long background coming from the field of Photography, Carlos was born in Luanda and lived in Macau for most of his life, having subsequently worked in Editing (both in Film and Television) with Valéria Sarmento, Raoul Ruiz and Ivo Ferreira.
He made the leap to Ukbar’s Post-Production department in 2017, and since then, he’s been coordinating all his projects and editing a few more! He believes it’s always better to deal directly with people than resorting to e-mail, and is widely regarded as the house’s metronome: his rhythms of montage match his interest in drums (ba-dum, tss!).
An accountant by training, Luís got tired of the big industries and landed at Ukbar to organize our accounts, and liaise with all the accounting companies and external controllers involved in each project.
Stoic, but always ready to deliver an iconic phrase, he is always available to comment on the previous day’s Benfica match and the great prospects (and prospects) of the football season.
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Coming from the green lands of Penacova, Jessica discovered her passion for Cinema in the fun credits and bloopers of films starring Jackie Chan, that she saw with her parents when she was little (namely, a fascination for the number of people involved in these ventures).
She studied Social Communication at the University of Coimbra but her interest in cinema persisted. The project “Contado por Mulheres” brought her to us, where she combined her passion for Production with her love for Mathematics. She is always ready to welcome people with the warmest of smiles.