Kantarama Gahigiri

Kantarama Gahigiri
Born (1976-12-03) December 3, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation(s)Writer, Director and Producer
Years active2008–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 Red XN Green tickY Red XN Short Film
2017 Lost Angel Less Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2014 Pinot in the Grass Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2014 Tapis rouge Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Feature Film[9]
2013 Me + U Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY TV series
2011 The Elevator Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2009 Leila Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2008 Check Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short 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. 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.