EXCLUSIVE: Damien Hauser’s Memory Of Princess Mumbi makes history in Giornate degli Autori this year as the first Kenyan feature to debut in the independent Venice parallel section.

Deadline can reveal the trailer for the film, which heads to Toronto after Venice for its North American premiere in the TIFF Next Wave Selects section.

Blending documentary, improvised drama and AI-generated landscapes, the film is being billed as a new genre of African sci-fi.

It follows filmmaker Kuve as he travels to Umata in 2093 to document the aftermath of a war that revived ancient kingdoms.

There, he meets Mumbi, who challenges him to make his film without the use of AI. As Kuve searches for his own voice, he begins to realize that even in a broken world, beauty can be found in the small

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