Terra Mater – Mother Land
Switzerland / Rwanda, February 2023
FILM,
Fiction,
10 min.
- directed by
- Kantarama Gahigiri
- Written by
- Kantarama Gahigiri
- Status
- In distribution
Technology and waste, in our lands, our systems, our bones. Wandering our spaces, she cannot help but wonder, where is the space for healing?
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2023
- Original Version
- English, Swahili (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 10 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-B8ED-0000-0-0000-0000-3
- Production
- Kantarama Gahigiri, Les Films du Léopard, RGBW GmbH
- Producer
- Kantarama Gahigiri, Daniel Bleuer
- directed by
- Kantarama Gahigiri
- Written by
- Kantarama Gahigiri
- Cinematography
- Daniel Bleuer
- Editing
- Jules Claude Gisler
- Location Sound Mix
- Eugène Safali
- Sound Editing
- Kathleen Moser
- Sound Design
- Kathleen Moser
- Re-Recording Mix
- Kathleen Moser
- Music
- Coco Em featuring Sisian & Kasiva
- Production Design
- Kevo Abbra
- Lighting Design
- Carmen Gasser
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Sudu Connexion
Awards
(a selection)
- Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, H. R. Giger “Narcisse” Award For Best Swiss Short Film 2024 (Winner)
- Hamburg, Mo&Friese Kinder Kurzfilm Festival, NEON Award (Special Mention) 2023 (Winner)
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award, Best Short Film 2024 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Badalona, 50th Filmets Badalona Film Festival
18.10.2024 - 27.10.2024 -
Namur, 39e Festival international du film francophone Namur
11.10.2024 - 20.10.2024 -
Hampton, 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival
04.10.2024 - 14.10.2024 -
23rd Concorto Film Festival
17.08.2024 - 24.08.2024 -
Wroclaw, 24th New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw
18.07.2024 - 28.07.2024 -
Neuchâtel, 23rd Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
05.07.2024 - 13.07.2024 -
Dresden, 36.International Short Film Festival Dresden
16.04.2024 - 21.04.2024 -
Glasgow, 17th Glasgow Short Film Festival
20.03.2024 - 24.03.2024 -
Tampere, 54th Tampere Film Festival
06.03.2024 - 10.03.2024 -
Clermont-Ferrand, 46th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
02.02.2024 - 10.02.2024
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Park City, 40th Sundance Film Festival
18.01.2024 - 28.01.2024 -
Solothurn, 59. Solothurner Filmtage
17.01.2024 - 24.01.2024 -
Vienna, This Human World Int. Filmfestival der Menschenrechte
30.11.2023 - 10.12.2023 -
Berlin, 39. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin
14.11.2023 - 19.11.2023 -
Poznan, 15th Short Waves Festival
14.11.2023 - 19.11.2023 -
Amsterdam, 36th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
08.11.2023 - 19.11.2023 -
Winterthur, 27. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
07.11.2023 - 12.11.2023 -
Leeds, 37th Leeds International Film Festival
02.11.2023 - 16.11.2023 -
Uppsala, 42nd Uppsala International Short Film Festival
23.10.2023 - 29.10.2023 -
Vancouver, 42nd Vancouver International Film Festival
28.09.2023 - 08.10.2023 -
Drama, 46th Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF)
04.09.2023 - 10.09.2023 -
Sao Paulo, 34th Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
24.08.2023 - 03.09.2023 -
Guanajuato, 26th Guanajuato International Film Festival
20.07.2023 - 31.07.2023 -
Vila do Conde, 31st Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival
08.07.2023 - 16.07.2023 -
Hamburg, 39. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg
06.06.2023 - 11.06.2023 -
Hamburg, 25. Mo&Friese Kinder Kurzfilm Festival
06.06.2023 - 11.06.2023 -
Vienna, 20. VIS Vienna Shorts Festival
01.06.2023 - 06.06.2023 -
Saguenay, 27e REGARD - Festival international du court métrage
22.03.2023 - 26.03.2023 -
Berlin, 73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
16.02.2023 - 26.02.2023