About Maya Film Production
We are a team of passionate filmmakers creating cinematic experiences that captivate and endure.
Our Story
Founded in 2010, Maya Film Production began as a small team of filmmakers with a shared vision: to create visually stunning films that tell meaningful stories.
Over the years, we've collaborated with talented artists, brands, and studios to produce content that resonates worldwide—defined by creative excellence and technical innovation.
Today, we continue to push the boundaries of visual storytelling while staying true to the fundamentals of great filmmaking.
Meet Our Team
A diverse collective of filmmakers, producers, and storytellers.
About Maya Film Production
Hello! Welcome to Maya, where our customers are the ‘eye of the company’. Here in Maya, we maintain the highest product standards. Our priority is to be obsessed with our customer needs and desires. We always believe in establishing long-term relationships.
Creativity and innovation is the key for our dealings with customers. We are heading towards our vision of opening a massive production studio—bringing a kind as big as the ones like Universal and Paramount to our country in 2030.
Mission & Vision
We are highly dedicated to display the unseen scenes of Ethiopian treasures to the whole world. Maya means a viewing tool that helps people to see with it. We are such a tool to help the unseen but must be seen part of Africa to be seen and known.
Customer is the eye of the company. The eye is very sensitive and needs serious care and treatment. Minor things can affect the feeling of customers; therefore, we treat our customers with utmost care and respect.
Our Values
Creative Excellence
We push the boundaries of creativity to deliver visually stunning and emotionally impactful films.
Collaborative Approach
We believe in the power of collaboration, working closely with clients to bring their vision to life.
Technical Precision
Our commitment to technical excellence ensures the highest quality in every frame we produce.
Timely Delivery
We respect deadlines and deliver projects on time without compromising on quality.
Dedication
Wholehearted presence and active contribution.
Creativity
The life force of our business—no ‘business as usual’.
Respect
Equal approach and treatment with no discrimination.
Honesty
Integrity at the core—talk and walk must match.
Innovation
Inventive ways of working, never common or usual.
What we do
Production built for speed, craft, and reliability.
Produce a Film
High-level content with speed and reliability—crafted for brands and people.
Produce Documentary
True-to-life stories designed to inform, move, and inspire audiences.
Produce TV Advertisement
Broadcast-ready spots—from concept and storyboard to master delivery.
Photographic Experiences
Distinctive stills—studio or on-location—lit and finished for every channel.
DOCUMENTARY
Observational films rooted in truth and cultural authenticity.
MUSIC VIDEO
Performance and concept videos with rhythm, color, and bold design.
COMMERCIAL
Brand-first storytelling to launch, explain, and inspire action.
PROFILE VIDEO
Short-form portraits that introduce founders, teams, and missions.
BRANDING
Visual systems that connect: logos, palettes, titles, and motion.
Our Creative Team Rules
How we work, grow, and support each other.
“In the creative industry, our greatest strength lies not in individual perfection, but in our collective ability to respect, communicate, arrive on time, and support each other through imperfection.”
— Creative Team Philosophy
Respect
We are forced to respect view points, ideas, culture, and gender, religion and so on of our creative team so as to maintain a healthy working environment and build strong team members bondage.
Key Points
- Respect viewpoints, ideas, culture, gender, religion and all aspects of team diversity
- Maintain a healthy working environment through mutual respect
- Build strong team member bonds through understanding and acceptance
- Foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued
Communication
We have to develop open and transparent communication among our creative teams in order to tighten the gaps and misunderstandings. Open communication is vital for the success of the company in general.
Key Points
- Develop open and transparent communication among creative teams
- Tighten gaps and prevent misunderstandings through clear dialogue
- Vision and mission of the company can be achieved through strong communication and undivided attention
- Communication is a golden key to ease business operations
- Solve disputes through respect and open communication
- Never gossip or badmouth creative team members to others
- Misunderstanding is common but be smart enough to avoid it peacefully
- Never put yourself on the side of conflict - be always peaceful and a peace maker among creative team members
Key Communication Tools for Service
Warm Welcome and Respect
Greet team members with genuine warmth and show respect for their contributions
Deep Interest to Serve
Show genuine interest in helping and serving your team members' needs
Appear Clearly and Delightful
Present yourself in a clear, positive, and delightful manner in all interactions
Be Specific and Thought-Provoking
Communicate with specificity and engage in meaningful, thought-provoking conversations
Punctuality
Always be in or on time to your working place. Your talent can be seen in the way you are using your time. Time determine the success and failure of the company and the professional in general.
Key Points
- Always be in or on time to your working place
- Your talent can be seen in the way you are using your time
- Time determines the success and failure of the company and the professional in general
- Productivity can be measured through only one way that is TIME and TIME only
- When you are late or absent you create too much work for the team and upset them
- When you come a little early you may assist someone who's tired or sick
Self-Reflection
How am I using my time in the company?
Am I using it or abusing it?
Am I adding value or losing value for the company?
Do I work hard or just talk?
Putting Up
We all are human beings. We are not perfect. We are inclining to some imperfect thought, emotions and actions. We have to know the fact that we have to put up each other.
Key Points
- We all are human beings and we are not perfect
- We are inclined to some imperfect thoughts, emotions and actions
- We have to know the fact that we have to put up with each other
- In film industry we interact with different people every minute and second
- We consider every individual as an imperfect being
- We have to have a forgiving heart in order to forgive and forget their wrong deeds and actions
- By doing so, we can contribute to a conducive working environment
- We mustn't expect perfection from the creative teams always
- We make mistakes every day, others also make mistakes - there is no reason to capitalize on others' wrong doings
- We have to be patient and kind for all our team
- We must be logical in our expectations from each creative team member
Our Philosophy
Our Employees Philosophy
Our Biggest wealth is our customers. Our first priority is to take care of them by taking the initiative of being a “customer First Organization”. Our people deliver up to or beyond customer expectation in or on time base. We consider ourselves as a source of creativity and innovation, not only as film producing Company. We firmly believe that we provide unseen scenes and beauty through film art production.
Our Customer Philosophy
Customer is eye of the company. Eye is very sensitive part of the human body and needs serious care and treatment. A fine dust disturb the health of the eye similarly minor things can affect the feeling of customers. In our philosophy of customers we have more care and treatment like our eyes. Eye serves to see the environment as powerful light. Customers are the power light for our entire company, without them we cannot see and survive. There is no camera without lens there is no company without customer. Our entire business depends on customers. They are our life blood to survive in the business realm. They are the killer and the healer of our company. They have all the power to make and break the entire company. Our customer Philosophy is to deliver their unspoken interest through film art. Customer means “Eye of the company”. Maya film production can walk and live as a company when there is a customer. Business life without a customer is unthinkable and impossible. Customers are the first and the most serious issue of our company.
Every one of us is highly concerned of his or her demands to be fulfilled. We cannot say that we care about our customers rather we are obsessed of them. We believe their presence is a reason for our company to be established. We believe in extending our service with a professional touch therefore we go extra mile to successfully conclude our customers assignment. We stay ahead of competitors by understanding our customers' needs with diligence and devotion to service. Our customers’ need to satisfaction rating is always very high. We have greatest aspirations to become the finest and the biggest company in film industry. We don’t want to be best rather better than the best through our unique filming art.
If any service or product offend our customers, that may cause sickness or death to the health of the business. We all are highly responsible to act based on the demand and the interest of the customers. Remember we professional beg them to come through different advertisements and marketing techniques. We make customer satisfaction as our faith. Never shorten the life of the company through poor service, poor quality and rude behavior. Here what we have to magnify is the importance of customers in our business and in all business in general. We all can promote or pollute the life of the company. In Maya company, whether a cleaner or a director both are responsible to prolong the life of the company. We must add value for the life of the company by being energetic and active team member. The only way we must get business is through providing outstanding, quality products and services in a timely manner. Salary and other administrative expenses are generated only and lonely from a customer pocket hence we need to treat them like our eye.
Our Journey
Key milestones that shaped our growth.
Company Founded
Established with a small team of three filmmakers dedicated to independent shorts.
First Feature Film
Released our first feature-length film “Echoes of Tomorrow,” premiered at Sundance.
Studio Expansion
Expanded studio and departments for cinematography, production design, and post.
International Recognition
“Urban Rhythms” won Best Documentary at the Global Documentary Awards.
Present Day
25+ professionals working across formats and genres.
Full-service production