Kantarama Gahigiri

Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Production Designer, Cinematographer

Copyright: Olivier Metzger

A Swiss and Rwandan artist, writer and director, she explores the notions of identity, sovereignty and on-screen representation. She shoots in East Africa and in Switzerland. In 2023, she participated in Atelier Grand Nord with TANZANITE, her feature-length film in development. TERRA MATER (2023) premiered at the Berlinale in 2023 and has since gone on a beautiful festival run, from IDFA to Sundance, early 2024.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2023
Terra Mater – Mother Land by Kantarama Gahigiri
2022
Video Postcard From the Future by Bertrand Mandico, Annemarie Jacir, Nadav Lapid, Kantarama Gahigiri, Fredi M. Murer, Claire Simon, Alexsandr Sokurov, Andrea Štaka, Cyril Schäublin, Natalka Vorozhbyt, Kevin B. Lee
2020
Ethereality by Kantarama Gahigiri
2018
Les mains dans la terre by Kantarama Gahigiri, Yann Bétant
2014
Tapis rouge by Frédéric Baillif, Kantarama Gahigiri
2014
Pinot In The Grass by Kantarama Gahigiri

Screenwriter

2023
Terra Mater – Mother Land by Kantarama Gahigiri
2014
Tapis rouge by Frédéric Baillif, Kantarama Gahigiri
2014
Pinot In The Grass by Kantarama Gahigiri

Cinematographer

2018
Les mains dans la terre by Kantarama Gahigiri, Yann Bétant

Producer

2023
Terra Mater – Mother Land by Kantarama Gahigiri
2014
Pinot In The Grass by Kantarama Gahigiri

Production Designer

2014
Pinot In The Grass by Kantarama Gahigiri
2014
Tapis rouge by Frédéric Baillif, Kantarama Gahigiri
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