Tapis Rouge has a National Theatrical release in France starting May 10 !!! Many many thanks to our distributor Wayna Pitch. – Kantarama Tapis Rouge @ IMDb
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March is a busy month! Here I am, teaching a Masterclass on Low Budget Filmmaking at Alliance Française in Tunis! Tunisia has a long tradition of cinema, let’s help the young filmmakers perpetuate and renew this tradition! – Kantarama
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Tapis Rouge (and I) on the road in Tunisia !!! El Kef opening a Film Festival near the border with Algeria > special screenings in 3 prisons near Tunis : some of the most powerful interactions I ever experienced > Monastir > Hammamet > Menzel Bourguiba > Tunis opening the Festival du Film Francophone… Besslama Tounis
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March 2017, I am teaching a DIRECTING workshop at University of Nairobi, Kenya. 11 years after my Masters of Arts in New York I am back in school … as a teacher! Proud to be mentoring the next generation of East African Filmmakers. There is a lot of talent here. I can’t wait to see their stories big on the silver screen. – Kantarama
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Athens International Film Festival. Tapis Rouge opens the Minority Report program. A top quality festival with an edgy programmation, passionate festival goers, the capital of European culture (sorry Paris!), edgy galleries, cheap cocktails, mild evenings, wild nights… Efharisto poli Αθήνα! Thank you Athens for showing me so much love ❤️ – Kantarama Tapis Rouge @ IMDb Upper pix: Andreas Eggler / Lower pix: Maria Maroulakou
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April-May-June 2016, I am teaching a WRITING, PRODUCING and DIRECTING workshop in Geneva. My class is part of Association Accroche’s program Scène Active: a program that allows the young generation (15-25 years old) to pause, take a breath and hang on. Proud of my students who did 3 short films for a PSA during the workshop. Teamwork is key. But also getting up every morning and believing in it. – Kantarama
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Speaking today about African Cinema and the Nouvelle Vague at Kino Xenix in Zurich… but wait a minute… Africa is so big! Jean-Pierre Bekolo and I agree, it would be crazy and a lie to generalize and reduce it to a few approximations. Turns out that I can only speak about what I know: Cinema in East Africa, because THE CONTINENT is so diverse and complex. Thank you for the invitation. We definitely need more discussions like that. – Kantarama
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