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.
Kantarama Gahigiri | |
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| Born | December 3, 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Director and Producer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Career
editGahigiri'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
edit| Year | Film | Writer | Director | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Né Pour Mourir |  |  | | Short Film |
| 2017 | Lost Angel Less | | | | Short Film |
| 2014 | Pinot in the Grass | | | | Short Film |
| 2014 | Tapis rouge | | | | Feature Film[9] |
| 2013 | Me + U | | | | TV series |
| 2011 | The Elevator | | | | Short Film |
| 2009 | Leila | | | | Short Film |
| 2008 | Check | | | | Short Film |
As actress
edit- The Mercy of the Jungle (2018)
- 2B (2009)
Awards
edit- Chelsea Film Festival - Best Directing Award 2015[10]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "KANTARAMA GAHIGIRI". swissfilms.ch. Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ^ "Kantarama Gahigiri: regista e produttrice tra Ginevra e Kigali". vadoinafrica.com. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
- ^ "" Tapis Rouge ", de la banlieue à Cannes". rollingstone.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ^ "Tapis rouge". telerama.fr. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ^ "AWARDS 2014". giff.ch. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ^ "Five projects selected for 2018 African screenwriting residency Realness". screendaily.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ^ "INTERVIEW KANTARAMA GAHIGIRI". goethe.de. Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "CHELSEA FILM FESTIVALANNOUNCES 2015 WINNERS" (PDF). chelseafilm.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2018-08-05.