BE2CAN: In Memory of Princess Mumbi

12+ (fear, profanity)

The year is 2093. Umata is a futuristic African country where a past war has brought ancient kingdoms back to life. A young filmmaker named Kuve arrives in Umata to shoot a documentary about the aftermath of the war. Instead of the expected desolation, however, he discovers a world that, despite its tragic past, has managed to forge its own way of life. He meets Mumbi—a woman who will fundamentally change his view of the world and of filmmaking itself. Mumbi challenges Kuve to shoot his film without using artificial intelligence. In an age when technology can create both images and stories, his journey becomes a search for his own cinematic voice and a return to what is real and spontaneous. In a broken world, he discovers the beauty hidden in conversations, relationships, laughter, and ordinary moments. Director Damien Hauser weaves together Afrofuturism, romance, and a film-within-a-film with reflections on memory, technology, and humanity. The film shows that while we remember major historical events through wars and catastrophes, we preserve our own lives in memory primarily through small, personal moments. Even in the future, then, the most valuable thing may not be technology, but ordinary human connection. The film had its world premiere in August 2025 at the 22nd Giornate degli Autori during the Venice International Film Festival and was subsequently screened at major festivals, including those in Toronto, Zurich, London, San Francisco, and Istanbul.

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