Directing

Mila Lignel

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Mila Lignel is a writer and director currently studying film at INSAS, Belgium. She is known for her characteristic use of comedy and feminism in her work.

Known for

Behind the camera

Illios poster
NR

Under the Thessaloniki sun, Elsa, a professional singer, is raising her eight-year-old daughter on her own following the sudden death of her husband. Through songs, conversations and scenes of the local landscape, the film tells the story of how music and the support of a female vocal group helped her cope with her grief and begin to heal. It tells the story of how, in the wake of tragedy, she managed to find light again.

Illios

2026

Anemone poster
NR

Anémone is a modern siren. Every night, she sings in a bar, seduces a man, brings him home, and kills him. Her roommates share the same routine and project: get rid of all men on Earth by killing them one after the other.

Anemone

2023

Anemone poster
NR

Anémone is a modern siren. Every night, she sings in a bar, seduces a man, brings him home, and kills him. Her roommates share the same routine and project: get rid of all men on Earth by killing them one after the other.

Anemone

2023

La louve poster
NR

It is nighttime, in the middle of a forest in the Famenne region. Sitting by a fire, Anne begins to tell a story. A dark, strange story, full of magic. And images begin to appear, in time with her voice. Around this mysterious tale of La Loba, the portrait of a determined woman is woven, who is by turns a storyteller, singer, breeder, and mother.

La louve

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No artwork available
NR

It is the day of the Miss Eternal Grace pageant—the beauty contest popularized by the famous Charlène. Cléo, the heavy favorite, is competing under her mother's tyrannical supervision. But as the evening unfolds and the pressure mounts, something cracks within her, allowing a new emotion to surface.

I Love Charlène

2026

No artwork available
NR

It is the day of the Miss Eternal Grace pageant—the beauty contest popularized by the famous Charlène. Cléo, the heavy favorite, is competing under her mother's tyrannical supervision. But as the evening unfolds and the pressure mounts, something cracks within her, allowing a new emotion to surface.

I Love Charlène

2026

Arabesques and mouth guards poster
NR

A short documentary about Brussels' roller derby team, Les Brussels Derby Pixies.

Arabesques and mouth guards

2022

Arabesques and mouth guards poster
NR

A short documentary about Brussels' roller derby team, Les Brussels Derby Pixies.

Arabesques and mouth guards

2022