
Maysa
A quiet visit forces Maysa and her stoic Iraqi mother to confront what’s long been left unspoken
Maysa unfolds over a single afternoon as a young woman and her stoic middle eastern mother navigate the quiet tension of a long-held silence. As memories of migration and girlhood surface in fractured flashbacks, their unspoken history begins to unravel. A tender, restrained portrait of love, resilience, and the things women carry - even when they no longer have to.
- Year: 2025
- Country: New Zealand, Australia
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Topdown Productions
- Keyword: identity, refugee, migration, domestic abuse, displacement, diaspora, mother daughter relationship, women of color, short film, women, middle eastern
- Director: Roxie Mohebbi
- Cast: Hanah Tayeb, Mirabai Pease, Sherin Darwish, Arlo Green, Mark Mitchinson, Julia Elsoukkary





















