Kantarama Gahigiri


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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

BornDecember 3, 1976 (age 47)
Occupation(s)Writer, Director and Producer
Years active2008–present

Career

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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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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

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Awards

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References

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  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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