Festival de Cannes

Maya: The Birth of a Superhero

Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke
2024
European premiere
Immersive Competition

The story of a South Asian girl coming of age and the awakening of her sexuality. She must overcome her own shame and fear to find her inner strength and true super-powers. With the arrival of her first period Maya’s world is turned upside down as she is confronted by the restrictive traditions of her conservative family and a world of hidden shame, stigma and taboo in contemporary London.

COUNTRY(IES)

France, India, UK, United States

LEAD ARTIST(S)

Creator: Poulomi Basu
Directors: Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke
Screenwriters: CJ Clarke, Poulomi Basu, Manjeet Mann
Sound Designer: Tim Harrison & Pär Carlsson
Music: BISHI
Technical Director & Lead Developer: Alap Parikh
Game Designer & Developer: Charu Tak
Animation Director: Amaury Campion

MAIN CAST

French voices: Indira Varma, Kathy Packianathan
English voices: Indira Varma, Charithra Chandran, Florrie Antoniou

PRODUCTION​

CJ Clarke (Just Another Production Company)
Katayoun Dibamehr & Avi Amar (Floréal)
Executive Producer: Liz Rosenthal
Jeanne Marchalot (France Télévisions)
Amy Seidenwurm, Ryan Genji Thomas (Meta)

TECHNOLOGY(IES)​

DURATION

Session 45′ (33′ VR)

USER NUMBER

4

REQUIRED MINIMUM AGE

13 years

LANGUAGES(S)

CONTACTS

Production

Katayoun Dibamehr & Avi Amar
Producers
Floréal
58 rue de Monceau
75008 Paris
France

Production

CJ Clarke
Producer
Just Another Production Company.
107 The Knares.
Basildon. Essex. SS16 5SB
United Kingdom

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