As part of its policy to structure professional careers in cinema and audiovisual, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and ALCA (Agency for Books, Cinema, and Audiovisual) have selected Mael Le Mée among the five recipients of the "Authorial Career Support" for the 2026-2028 period. This initiative aims to support professional development through human and financial assistance.
After a research master's in cinema, Mael Le Mée spent twenty years writing about a hundred episodes of children's animation series while also presenting numerous adult performances on the body and technologies in contemporary art spaces like the Palais de Tokyo. His multimedia children's play, commissioned in 2011 for the opening of the Gaîté Lyrique, toured for five years and was adapted by France Culture.
His short films have garnered international recognition. Aurore (2017), co-produced by Canal+, won best international short film at the Fantasia festival in Montreal and was released theatrically. His second short film, La Machine d'Alex (2022), co-produced by France Télévisions, received the Silver Méliès at Sitges and was selected for the César Awards 2024.
Mael Le Mée is currently developing two queer science-fiction feature films with regional support. Organique envisions a near future where cars are powered by living, artificial flesh engines, and follows Lou, the daughter of a mechanic couple, as she discovers her identity. La Presqu'île tells the story of Camille, an oil engineer on a routine inspection at the Atlantic coast during a sweltering autumn day, facing existential contradictions and suppressed desires.
Mael Le Mée's selective filmography also includes 16 place vendôme (2021), a documentary co-directed with Isabelle Solas and Michel Bananes Jr., supported by the University of Bordeaux. He also works as a screenwriter for several children's animation series.
