Films by Franziska Schönenberger

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

Germany 2014, 89 min
by Jayakrishnan Subramanian, Franziska Schönenberger

Matchmaking on a global scale between India and Germany: the parents of German girl Franziska and the parents of Indian boy Jay have to deal with the fact that their children are in love and planning on getting married. This means their families will be connected for a lifetime. They will have to get to know each other. But will they get along? Amma and Appa in Tamil means mother and father. This film tells the story of Franziska's and Jay's parents and their first meeting.They are about the sam