SYNOPSIS
Technologie, débris, déchets, dans nos sols, nos systèmes, nos os. Elle s’égare et se questionne, mais où trouver l’espace de guérison ?
Country of Production: Rwanda / Switzerland
Year: 2023
Runtime: 9 min 51
Language: English and Swahili
Awards & Selections: Grand Prix du Jury, Neuchâtel 2024 · Meilleur court suisse, Bildrausch Shorts 2024 · Special Jury Award, Afrika Film Festival 2024 · World Premiere, Berlinale 2023 · Mention spéciale du jury et du jury Lonab, Fespaco 2023 · Mention spéciale du jury, FCAT 2023 · Mention spéciale du jury, Mo&Friese Hamburg 2023 · Sundance 2024
Biography
Kantarama Gahigiri is a Rwandan-Swiss writer/director. Born in Geneva, she holds a Master's degree in International Relations. Today, Kantarama pursues her passion, immersed in an exploration of identity, migration, empowerment and on-screen representation, through recent projects shot in Switzerland and, most often, East Africa. She is an alumna of Realness Residency (2018), La Fabrique Cinéma at Cannes FF (2019), Le Moulin d'Andé (2020), Berlinale Talents (2021), Locarno Filmmakers Academy (2022) and Atelier Grand Nord (2023) with Tanzanite, her latest project, a feature film in development.
Kantarama Gahigiri Writer and Director