A young soprano trying to keep her hearing loss a secret ahead of a make-or-break performance is at the center of “Maya Butterfly,” the feature debut of Irish filmmaker Edwina Casey, a creative partner at the fast-rising Dublin-based production outfit Hail Mary Pictures. Casey will be pitching the project during the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which takes place Aug. 29 – 31.
The film follows Maya, the daughter of deaf parents who was miraculously born with the gift of hearing. Choosing music as her life’s vocation, she’s now a young soprano struggling to make her way in the hyper-competitive world of opera. Facing the acute pressure to succeed, her hearing
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