Maïlys VALLADE is a French director, screenwriter, storyboard artist, art director, animator and concept artist of characters and background designs for 2D and volume animated films. She’s been working for 16 years especially on independant animation feature films, such as: Adama, Ernest & Célestine, The little prince, Long way north, I lost my body, The swallows of Kabul , Calamity, Séraphine, Fleur, absolute surrender... The 2026 Academy award nominee animated feature film LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN is her first feature film as director and screenwriter. Now she’s developing her new original animated feature film, she's screenwriter on another named « the sunken knight » and she's also graphic author on another one (NDA).