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From script to (harsh) reality. Hello Nairobi.

by mycircus· May 09, 2018· in 2018, Films 2018, Workshops· 0 comments tags: Africa, african, Alliance, ambassador, avant-premiere, behind, best, carpet, Ceremony, circus, EFF2018, European, feature, Festival, Fiction, film, FollowYourDreams, Française, gahigiri, Goethe, Guild, Institute, International, jury, kantarama, movie, Nairobi, NeverLetGo, opening, premiere, Reality, red, script, Scriptwriters, speech, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers, workinafrica
NAIROBI Tonight, join me for a conversation about (harsh) realities! Kenya Scriptwriters x Alliance Française de Nairobi
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Mashariki African Film Festival in Kigali, 4th Edition.

by mycircus· March 31, 2018· in 2018, Films 2018, Workshops· 0 comments tags: Africa, african, ambassador, avant-premiere, behind, best, carpet, Ceremony, circus, feature, Festival, Fiction, film, FollowYourDreams, gahigiri, girls, godmother, Goethe, Institute, International, jury, jury duty, kantarama, kigali, MAAFF, MAAFF2018, marraine, mashariki, movie, NeverLetGo, opening, premiere, red, rep, rwanda, speech, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers, workinafrica
Reflecting on last week’s adventures at Mashariki African Film Festival! It was a pleasure teaching again a two-day introductory workshop titled “Girls In Cinema” hosted by Goethe-Institut Kigali. & being Member of the Jury for African Short Films category along with my dear friends Joël Karekezi and Nirere Shanel. So many interesting exchanges, so many new connections. Great 4th Edition. So grateful ❤ thank you Universe!
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#Mood

by mycircus· March 22, 2018· in 2018, Uncategorized· 0 comments tags: adventure, adventures, Africa, art, circus, creativity, director, dreams, filmmaker, gahigiri, happiness, happy, health, inside, InsideThePyramid, inspiration, kantarama, love, movies, new, peace, productions, projects, pyramid, resolutions, success, Tanzanite, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers, year
New adventures beginning. Grateful. Love to you all ❤   #InsideThePyramid #Tanzanite -Kantarama
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Red Carpet.

by mycircus· March 16, 2018· in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, Films 2013, Films 2014, Films 2015, Films 2016, Films 2017, Films 2018· 0 comments tags: adventure, AroundTheWorld, avant-premiere, award, behind, best, cannes, capitole, carpet, circle, circus, dream, Ecrans, feature, Festival, Fiction, film, filmmaking, FollowYourDreams, Francophone, French, full, gahigiri, geneva, International, kantarama, Long, Meilleur, Métrage, movie, NeverLetGo, premiere, prix, red, road, roadmovie, rouge, tapis, Tous, TV5Monde, winner, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers
March 2018, we came full circle, back to where it all started 5 years ago in March 2013! TAPIS ROUGE Thank you for believing in us. Thank you for the chills. Now, ready for the next adventure. – Kantarama Tapis Rouge @ IMDb
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Spreading the fire.

by mycircus· March 14, 2018· in 2018, Workshops· 0 comments tags: business, cinema, circus, directing, discussion, film, filmmaking, gahigiri, industry, ka(RA)mi, kamiawori, kantarama, Lausanne, masterclass, movie, Network, panel, producing, productions, school, students, switzerland, teaching, workshop
Here I am, hoping to inspire, create some sparks, ignite some careers… thank you for having me in your class Business School Lausanne (BSL) !!! – Kantarama
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If the world was yours (bis)…

by mycircus· February 27, 2018· in 2018, News, Uncategorized· 0 comments tags: Africa, african, africanfilm, aKoma, ATSKGL, avant-premiere, Berlin, berlinale, carpet, cinema, circus, continent, diversity, dream, Europe, Festival, Fiction, film, filmmaking, FollowYourDreams, future, gahigiri, germany, hailegerima, iffr, iffr2018, iftheworldwasyours, International, kantarama, kigali, marriott, movie, netherlands, NeverLetGo, nouvelle, officeoftheday, panafrican, panafricancinematoday, panel, premiere, productions, red, rotterdam, rwanda, storytelling, Summit, Tech, today's office, todaysoffice, trends, vague, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers, workinafrica, workshops, world
THANK YOU 2018 !!! So grateful !!! Still in February and already : – Traveled to 5 cities (Paris, Rotterdam, Kigali, Berlin, Geneva)… – Watched A LOT of films, classics and new at International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR and Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival !!! (*including classics like: Lumumba Retour au Congo by Raoul Peck, Sankofa by Haile Gerima, La Noire de… by Ousmane Sembène, Harvest 3000 years by Haile Gerima) (*but also: SUPA MODO, Eldorado, MAKI’LA – Film, Das Kongo Tribunal, Birds Are Singing in Kigali, Une Saison En France, Kinshasa Makambo, Azougue Nazaré, It Must Make Peace, I Am Not A witch, Djon Africa, Cook Off, Les Deux Visages D’Une Femme Bamileke, Viaje A Los Pueblos Fumigados, Our Madness, High Fantasy, Vivre Riche) (*and : Respeto, Laissez bronzer les cadavres, The Real Estate, 7 Days In Entebbe, MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A., Yocho (Foreboding), Khook) – Got to celebrate with my friend for his award-winning short film: IMFURA-short Film by Karemangingo Ishimwe !!! 1st Rwandan film at Berlinale YAY !!! (*and other inspiring shorts : Tuko Macho by Jim Chuchu, Mugabo by Amelia Um, La Mazda Jaune Et Sa Sainteté by Sandra Heremans, Hairat by Jessica Beshir, Mahogany Too by Akosua Adoma Owusu) – Participated in Haïlé Gerima‘s EYE-OPENING Workshop about Storytelling Structure / Reclaiming our Narrative & Decolonizing our Minds !!! – […]
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Africa Tech Summit.

by mycircus· February 14, 2018· in 2018, Uncategorized· 0 comments tags: Africa, african, aKoma, ATSKGL, cinema, circus, continent, diversity, dream, Festival, film, filmmaking, FollowYourDreams, future, gahigiri, International, kantarama, Kigali; Rwanda, marriott, movie, NeverLetGo, nouvelle, officeoftheday, panafrican, panafricancinematoday, panel, storytelling, storytelling #africanfilm, Summit, Tech, todaysoffice, trends, vague, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers, workinafrica, workshops
Great STORYTELLING IN AFRICA: FUTURE TRENDS panel discussion at Africa Tech Summit Kigali !!! I am truly grateful for the experience: having been invited to design and moderate this discussion with my great panelists, fellow filmmakers @regisheja @cynthiabutare @sharangabombabazi & inanga innovator @munyakazideo was a challenge, but the outcome felt so rewarding !!! We will come back next year with a bigger, more crazy, more immersive concept… see you soon !!! Shout out to @akomanet for inviting me to share my vision !!! ✨   – Kantarama
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If the world was yours…

by mycircus· January 27, 2018· in 2018, Workshops· 0 comments tags: Africa, african, cinema, circus, continent, diversity, dream, Festival, film, filmmaking, FollowYourDreams, gahigiri, hailegerima, iffr, iffr2018, iftheworldwasyours, International, kantarama, movie, netherlands, NeverLetGo, nouvelle, panafrican, panafricancinematoday, panel, rotterdam, vague, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers, workshops
“WHAT KIND OF MOVIE WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE IF THE WORLD WAS YOURS!?!” said HAILE GERIMA today in his masterclass. Thank you International Film Festival Rotterdam for the Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT) program! ✨🌍🎬🔥 📷 from “La Noire de…” masterpiece by Sembène Ousmane – Kantarama
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2018

by mycircus· January 01, 2018· in 2018, Uncategorized· 0 comments tags: adventure, adventures, Africa, art, circus, creativity, director, downer, dreams, filmmaker, gahigiri, happiness, happy, health, hippo, inside, InsideThePyramid, kantarama, love, Luangwa, movies, new, Park, peace, productions, projects, pyramid, resolutions, River, South, success, sun, sunset, Tanzanite, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers, year, Zambia
Happy New Year! – from a few hippos and me chilling by Luangwa River, Zambia. (One of the most magical places I have visited on Earth. Ever.) 2018 already looks like more traveling, new projects and great adventures, …something BIG is cooking. I cannot wait to tell you all about it!!! Lots of love, health, happiness, success, adventures, creativity and peace to all of you for #2018 #InsideThePyramid #Tanzanite -Kantarama
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Kazungu.

by mycircus· May 23, 2017· in 2017, 2018, Films 2017, Films 2018· 0 comments tags: Africa, Ahmed, behind, bwindi, circus, feature, film, gahigiri, Ibrahim, jinja, jungle, kampala, kantarama, Kazungu, Mercy, MOTJ, Mukundzi, officeoftheday, Pino, production, scenes, secret, shoot, today's office, uganda, UGcrew, WomenDirectors, WomenFilmmakers
Rebel Family (MERCY OF THE JUNGLE) – Kantarama
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