TERRA MATER

Rwanda
2023

Director: Kantarama Gahigiri

Language: English, Swahili

For our land and bones. At the end of the world. Technology and waste, in our lands, our systems, our bones. Wandering our spaces, she cannot help but wonder, where is the space for healing?

Screenings

22 July | 12:15 | Suncoast 8
TRAILER COMING SOON

Credits

Director

Kantarama Gahigiri

Producer

Kantarama Gahigiri, Daniel Bleuer

Screenplay

Kantarama Gahigiri

Cinematography

Daniel Bleuer

Cast

Cheryl Isheja

Runtime

10 min

Kantarama Gahigiri

Kantarama is a Rwandan-Swiss writer/director. Born in Geneva, she has a master’s degree in international relations. She pursues her passion, immersed in an exploration of identity, migration, empowerment, and on-screen representation, through her recent projects shot sometimes in Switzerland, but mostly in East Africa. Kantarama 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.
DIFF 2023

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