Kantarama Gahigiri

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
Born (1976-12-03) December 3, 1976
Occupation(s)Writer, Director and Producer
Years active2008–present

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

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.
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