Gemma Ushengewe

Editor, Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Director, Location Sound Mixer

Gemma Ushengewe, born 02.08.1995, is a filmmaker, editor and video artist living in Geneva. At the end of her Bachelor of Cinema at HEAD-Geneva (Haute Ecole d'Art et Design) in 2020, Gemma directed "The Black Hedgehog", a documentary and experimental film that talks about the structural racism experienced by the Afro-descendant community. Inspired by narrative devices, she explores hybrid universes between documentary, fiction and essay.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2021
Le hérisson noir by Gemma Ushengewe

Screenwriter

2021
Le hérisson noir by Gemma Ushengewe

Cinematographer

2021
Le hérisson noir by Gemma Ushengewe

Editor

2023
La maison by Sophie Ballmer
2021
Framer Framed by Ramaya Tegegne
2021
Le hérisson noir by Gemma Ushengewe

Location Sound Mixer

2025
Mife et Miso vont en bateau by Sara Dutch
2021
Framer Framed by Ramaya Tegegne
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