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[ when? ] Best Feature Film at Geneva International Film Festival [6] and Best Directing at Chelsea Film Festival. She is now[ when? ] developing Tanzanite, an afro pulp dystopian thriller through Realness - An African Screenwriter's Residency. [7] [8]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitle Director Writer Producer
2017Né Pour MourirYesNoNo
Lost Angel LessYesYesYes
2014Pinot in the GrassYesYesYes
2011The ElevatorYesYesYes
2009LeilaYesYesYes
2008CheckYesYesYes

Feature film

YearTitle Director Writer Producer
2014Tapis rouge [9] YesYesYes

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer
2013Me + UYesYesYes

Acting credits

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.