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