Kantarama Gahigiri

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Kantarama Gahigiri
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Born (1976-12-03) December 3, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation(s)Writer, Director and Producer
Years active2008present

Kantarama Gahigiri (born December 13, 1976 [1] ) is a Swiss and Rwandan filmmaker. [2] [3] She is best known for her films Tapis rouge, [4] Me + U, Lost Angel Less and more. [5] She holds master's degrees from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the New York Institute of Technology.

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Career

Gahigiri's first feature film Tapis Rouge has been awarded Best Feature Film at Geneva International Film Festival [6] and Best Directing at Chelsea Film Festival. She is now developing Tanzanite, an afro pulp dystopian thriller through Realness - An African Screenwriter's Residency. [7] [8]

Filmography

YearFilm Writer Director Producer Notes
2017Né Pour MourirRed x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgShort Film
2017Lost Angel LessGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgShort Film
2014Pinot in the GrassGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgShort Film
2014Tapis rougeGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgFeature Film [9]
2013Me + UGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgTV series
2011The ElevatorGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgShort Film
2009LeilaGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgShort Film
2008CheckGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgShort Film

As actress

Awards

References

  1. "Cannes 2019 - Avec la réalisatrice Kantarama Gahigiri, la Suisse, le Kenya et le Rwanda sont réunis à Cannes". www.telerama.fr (in French). 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  2. "KANTARAMA GAHIGIRI". swissfilms.ch. Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  3. "Kantarama Gahigiri: regista e produttrice tra Ginevra e Kigali". vadoinafrica.com. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  4. "" Tapis Rouge ", de la banlieue à Cannes". rollingstone.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  5. "Tapis rouge". telerama.fr. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  6. "AWARDS 2014". giff.ch. Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  7. "Five projects selected for 2018 African screenwriting residency Realness". screendaily.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  8. "INTERVIEW KANTARAMA GAHIGIRI". goethe.de. Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  9. "On peut être sur le tapis rouge au festival de Cannes et dormir sous une tente". huffingtonpost.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  10. "CHELSEA FILM FESTIVALANNOUNCES 2015 WINNERS" (PDF). chelseafilm.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2018-08-05.