Hanah Tayeb

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.

When a family member is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides they want to end their life, fundamentally different beliefs threaten to blow the family apart. Will they be able to come together before it’s too late?