Kantarama Gahigiri

Kantarama Gahigiri (born December 13, 1976^[1]) is a Swiss and Rwandan filmmaker.^[2][3] She is best known for her films Tapis rouge,^[4] Me + U, Lost Angel Less and more.^[5] She holds master's degrees from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the New York Institute of Technology.

Kantarama Gahigiri
Born	(1976-12-03) December 3, 1976 (age 48)
Occupation(s)	Writer, Director and Producer
Years active	2008–present

Career

Gahigiri's first feature film Tapis Rouge has been awarded Best Feature Film at Geneva International Film Festival^[6] and Best Directing at Chelsea Film Festival. She is now developing Tanzanite, an afro pulp dystopian thriller through Realness - An African Screenwriter's Residency.^[7][8]

Filmography

Year	Film	Writer	Director	Producer	Notes
2017	Né Pour Mourir	N	Y	N	Short Film
2017	Lost Angel Less	Y	Y	Y	Short Film
2014	Pinot in the Grass	Y	Y	Y	Short Film
2014	Tapis rouge	Y	Y	Y	Feature Film[9]
2013	Me + U	Y	Y	Y	TV series
2011	The Elevator	Y	Y	Y	Short Film
2009	Leila	Y	Y	Y	Short Film
2008	Check	Y	Y	Y	Short Film

As actress

• The Mercy of the Jungle (2018)
• 2B (2009)

Awards

• Chelsea Film Festival - Best Directing Award 2015^[10]