North American Premiere
Confronting and trenchant, standing tall, an almost supernatural presence atop a mountain of tech waste, plastic and rubbish, she unearths the truths of Africa’s environmental degradation. In calling our attention to the remnants of colonial destruction and capitalism’s ongoing failings, the question remains, is there room for healing.
Series Media Partner
Community Partner
Cheryl Isheja
Rwanda/Switzerland
2023
In English and Swahili with English subtitles
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Credits
Producer
Kantarama Gahigiri, Films du Léopard, RGBW, Daniel Bleuer
Screenwriter
Kantarama Gahigiri
Cinematography
Daniel Bleuer
Editor
Jules Claude Gisler
Director
Kantarama Gahigiri
Kantarama Gahigiri is a Rwandan-Swiss writer/director. Born in Geneva, she’s holding 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 her recent projects shot sometimes in Switzerland, and most times 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.
Filmography: Terra Mater – Mother Land (2023); Mother Earth (2022); Ethereality (2020); Tapis Rouge (2015)
MODES
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MODES 1
Archive and the land reveal other ways of seeing, ensuring that what is meant to endure cannot be erased.
MODES 2
At the intersection of culture, technology, and capital, a yearning for human connection and the possibility of release endures.
MODES 3
Interior worlds reveal wisdom, intuitive connections, the esoteric, and death. Or is it liberation? A bid to commune with the feminine, other realms, and ghosts.