Kantarama Gahigiri

Realness African Screenwriters' Residency 2018

Kantarama Gahigiri is a Rwandan writer/director. She is an alumna of Realness Residency (2018), La Fabrique Cinéma at Cannes FF (2019), Le Moulin d’Andé (2020), Berlinale Talents (2021) and Locarno Filmmakers Academy (2022). As of today, Kantarama pursues her passion immersed in an exploration of identity, migration, empowerment and on-screen representation with her recent projects.

Work (select):

Tanzanite, feature film in development.

Terra Mater (Mother Earth), short film about eco-responsibility, Locarno Film Festival (2022).

Ethereality, short film about migration and the sense of belonging. Best Short Documentary Award (Poulain d’Or) at FESPACO 2021, screened in competition at Chicago IFF (2020), Namur IFF (2021), Clermont-Ferrand (2020), Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (2019), and features in the program Quartiers Lointains Season 6 : Afrofuturistik.

Tapis Rouge, feature film (co-written, co-directed) about immigration and integration in Switzerland, awarded Best Director at Chelsea Film Festival and Best Feature by TV5Monde, followed by a theatrical release in Switzerland and in France (2017).

Email: kgahigiri@yahoo.com