Family Business Film

Germany 2025, 13 min
by Franziska Schönenberger, Jayakrishnan Subramanian

Maya’s Song follows a young girl navigating questions of identity and belonging within her own family. Though Maya feels secure at home, strangers repeatedly question why her brown skin differs from that of her white parents, culminating in a painful moment of public misrecognition. Rather than withdrawing, she transforms her experience into a song that gives voice to her feelings. Tender yet powerful short film in its quiet simplicity, blending documentary storytelling with animation to c