Call Me Queen
7.6
The film depicts a friendship between an Irish journalist in Kenya and a Rwandan woman, who pair up to combat the AIDS crisis in the 1990s.
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Cast
13 people
Eliane Umuhire
Queen
Known for
A Quiet Place: Day One
Trees of Peace
Danny Sapani
Father Alexis
Known for
Halo
Penny Dreadful
Charlie Carrick
Michael
Known for
The Testaments
Reign
Dominic West
Warren
Known for
The Wire
300
Denise Gough
Anna
Known for
Andor
Under the Banner of Heaven
Laurent Lafitte
Phillipe Leduc
Known for
Elle
Divorce French Style
Michelle Tiren
Zawadi
Also in
Nawi
Inkabi
Lwanda Jawar
Tony
Also in
Sense8
Escape from Mogadishu
Gerald Langiri
Nervous Man
Also in
Veve
Uradi
Nice Githinji
Janet
Known for
Rafiki
Helen Keli
Talai
No other roles listed
Edwin Ekirapa
James
No other roles listed
Emily Atef Director · Jeannine Dominy Writer Josune Hahnheiser Writer
First release September 28, 2026 · Produced in Germany, United Kingdom, Kenya, France · Languages English, Swahili
Production
Cowboy Films
Production
Streetcar Entertainment
Production
Ringel Film
Production
Les Films Pelléas
Production
Germany · United Kingdom · Kenya · France
Produced in
Mercy
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Swahili
Release dates
Germany · September 28, 2026
Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg
Germany · October 15, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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