September 8, 2025|
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|3 months agoSwiss Filmmaker Makes Waves at Venice with AI-Enhanced Feature
Damien Hauser's 'Memory of Princess Mumbi' explores artificial intelligence in cinema while garnering international attention
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- Damien Hauser premiered his fourth feature film, 'Memory of Princess Mumbi', at the Venice Film Festival.
- The film is set in the year 2093 in the fictional African city of Umata.
- Hauser utilized AI tools to generate special effects and sceneries for the film.
- The production did not use a formal script, relying instead on a 40-page outline and improvisation.
- Hauser is a Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker born in Zurich in 2001.
By The Numbers
24
years old
4
feature films
40
pages
2093
year
They Said
"When I started making films at age seven, it was like playing a game. Shooting a film in an hour, no script, just experimenting with friends."
"There was no formal script, but I wrote an elaborate 40-page outline â very nerdy, very specific about the world, the histories and mythologies."
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