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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December 2017 Ending the year in style! Proud, as a member of the Jury, to present the filmmakers with their award, in company of the talented NatGeo photographer Reza Deghati! Congratulations to all the filmmakers trying to raise awareness!✨ WINNER 1st place: Bravo Matthew Cassel for your film The Journey!✨ Many thanks to Corinne Momal-Vanian (Director Division of Conference of Management) and Laura thompson (IOM DDG) And special thanks to Amanda Martinez Nero and crew for putting the festival together in 90+ countries! IOM – UN Migration / Global Migration Film Festival #WhatIDoOnWeekends #JuryDuty #InternationalMigrantsDay – Kantarama
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Thank you Akoma Media for the opportunity to teach at the Amplify Fellowship Program! 🌍🎬🎥🌐 My class was live simultaneously in 4 major cities: Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Nairobi (Kenya) and Kigali (Rwanda) ❤️ WATCH OUT for these amazing, diverse, creative and passionate people: videographers / filmmakers, fiction- / non-fiction- writers, bloggers / vloggers, photographers… WOW I cannot wait to see your work. This was 🔥🔥🔥 !!! #WhatIDoOnWeekends – Kantarama
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September 2017 Lovely day spent watching and judging short films for the European Youth Film Competition in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This year the theme is: “Population growth: a development challenge or opportunity?” An initiative by the European Union in Tanzania. Fingers crossed for the Finals this Saturday! – Kantarama
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June 2017, Tapis Rouge in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I designed a filmmaking workshop for the European Youth Film Competition in Dar es Salaam with my talented colleagues. There are already more than 100 applications from young Tanzanian filmmakers, impressive! Supported by European Union in Tanzania. – Kantarama
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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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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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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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March 2016, I am teaching a PRODUCING and DIRECTING workshop in Kigali. Ibrahim Ahmed, main actor from the movie Timbuktu, is teaching an ACTING workshop next door. At the end of the week we get the 2 classes together to film a few scenes of the script they came up with in their improv sessions! WOW so much fun, inspiration, creativity and hard work. I could do this again. I am going to do this again! – Kantarama
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Congratulations to : – Kantarama Gahigiri for her Best Directing Award – Kevin Grossman + James McCaffrey for their Outstanding Theme Song Award Thank you LAWEBFEST for your continuous support and see you soon! Me+U @ IMDb
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