Kantarama Gahigiri

Kantarama Gahigiri
Born	(1976-12-03) December 3, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation(s)	Writer, Director and Producer
Years active	2008–present

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.

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

Year	Film	Writer	Director	Producer	Notes
2017	Né Pour Mourir	N	Y	N	Short Film
2017	Lost Angel Less	Y	Y	Y	Short Film
2014	Pinot in the Grass	Y	Y	Y	Short Film
2014	Tapis rouge	Y	Y	Y	Feature Film [9]
2013	Me + U	Y	Y	Y	TV series
2011	The Elevator	Y	Y	Y	Short Film
2009	Leila	Y	Y	Y	Short Film
2008	Check	Y	Y	Y	Short Film

As actress

• The Mercy of the Jungle (2018)
• 2B (2009)

Awards

• Chelsea Film Festival - Best Directing Award 2015 ^[10]

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.

External links

• Kantarama Gahigiri at IMDb
• Official website