Kantarama Gahigiri
Kantarama Gahigiri | |
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| Born | December 3, 1976 |
| 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
[edit]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
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| 2017 | Né Pour Mourir | 
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Short Film |
| 2017 | Lost Angel Less |
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Short Film |
| 2014 | Pinot in the Grass |
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Short Film |
| 2014 | Tapis rouge |
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Feature Film[9] |
| 2013 | Me + U |
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TV series |
| 2011 | The Elevator |
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Short Film |
| 2009 | Leila |
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Short Film |
| 2008 | Check |
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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.
External links
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