Italian-born writer-director Maja Costa
studied cello and ancient civilisations
of Africa and the Middle East before
graduating from Berlin’s DFFB and Serial
Eyes. She has written for projects like
Grimme-Award winner 5 To 12 (BR),
Skylines (Netflix), and Consultants (ZDF).
Passionate about history and sci-fi, she
explores how marginalised voices can
illuminate our future. Based between
Germany and Brazil, she works in
international writers’ rooms and
co-adapts Nobel laureate Olga
Tokarczuk’s E.E. for the screen.
Her award-winning, European Space
Agency-funded sci-fi short Mångata
screened at more than one hundred
festivals and streams on Disney+.