Merrimundi
Animated short, 21 minutes.
Written and directed by: Niles Atallah. Produced by: Lucas Engel. Executive production: Juan Cifuentes Mera. Cinematography: Niles Atallah and Diego Seye. Art direction: Niles Atallah. Principal art and animation team: Coni Maldonado Dávila, José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack and Matías López. Original music composed and performed by: Paco Pasquette. Editing, sound design and image post-production: Niles Atallah. 3D animation and computational programming: Felipe Elgueta. Production: Pista B Producciones, Diluvio and Fósfora.
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Production
Written and directed by: Niles Atallah
Produced by: Lucas Engel
Executive production: Juan Cifuentes Mera
Production companies: Pista B Producciones, Diluvio and Fósfora
Cinematography
Cinematography: Niles Atallah, Diego Seye
Camera: Celeste Rojas Mugica, Coni Maldonado Dávila, José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack, Sofía Alvarado, Javiera Román Ruiz, Aurora Molina López, Matías López
Still photography: Isidora Melo, Celeste Rojas Mugica, Norkys Sarai
Art & Animation
Art direction: Niles Atallah
Art production: Coni Maldonado Dávila, José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack
Principal art and animation team: Coni Maldonado Dávila, José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack and Matías López
Art and animation team: Matías López, José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack, Coni Maldonado Dávila, Sofía Alvarado, Paco Pasquette, Javiera Román Ruiz, Aurora Molina López, Niles Atallah, Rai Bucher, Micaela Moreno Barril, Diego Seye
Titiriteros dementores: Paco Pasquette, Matías López, Coni Maldonado Dávila, Sofía Alvarado, Javiera Román Ruiz, Niles Atallah, Diego Seye, Rai Bucher
3D animation and computational programming: Felipe Elgueta
Music, Voices & Sound
Original music composed and performed by: Paco Pasquette
Double bass: Marcela González Guillén
Lyrics: Niles Atallah
Voices: Niles Atallah and AI
Editing, sound design and image post-production: Niles Atallah
Sound mix: Sonamos — Roberto Espinoza, Pablo Bahamondes
Foley: Javier Zomosa
Titles & Post
Videomix y glitch master: José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack
Sing-a-long títulos: Juan Cifuentes Mera
Title and credits design: Niles Atallah
Data mismanagement: Lucas Engel
Spiritual coach: Alelí
Distribution
International Distribution: Miyu Distribution — Luce Grosjean
National Distribution: El Camino Pictures — Andrés Cortés
Awards
2025 ZINEBI / Cineclub FAS, Bilbao, Spain — FAS Special Mention.
2026 14th Golden Ger International Film Festival, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — Best International Animated Short.
2026 Kaboom Animation Festival, Netherlands — Audience Award for Best Experimental Short.
2026 18th Festival de Cine Chileno / FECICH, Quilpué, Chile — Best Animation, Visual and Sound Proposal.
2026 CHILEMONOS, Santiago, Chile — Best Experimental Short Film.
2026 Desenzano Film Festival, ItalySaved copy — Grand Jury Prize.
Selected festivals and screenings
2025 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Italy — Orizzonti — International Short Film Competition; world premiere.
2025 32nd FICValdivia, Chile — Animamundi; Chilean premiere.
2025 Viennale, Vienna, Austria — Festival selection.
2025 ZINEBI, Bilbao, Spain — International short-film selection; FAS Special Mention.
2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France — Off-Limits Competition.
2026 Hong Kong International Film Festival — 50th edition.
2026 IndieLisboa, Lisbon, Portugal — Silvestre 3.
Distribution
2025–2026 Miyu Distribution, France — International distribution; distributor film page and English-language press kit.
Expanded exhibition presentation
2025 · Omni Soundlab, Santiago, Chile — Merrimundi immersive exhibition, with Christopher Manhey (sound). Separate from the film’s soundtrack credits; see Exhibitions, installations and visual art.
Funding and development
c. 2024 Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cultural y las Artes, FONDART, Chile — Support for Merrimundi.
Vitanuova
Animated short, 14 minutes.
Written and directed by: Niles Atallah. Produced by: Lucas Engel. Executive production: Juan Cifuentes Mera. Cinematography, art and image post-production: Niles Atallah. Stop-Motion Animation Team: José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack, Carla Puelma Ordenes, Niles Atallah, Norkys Sarai and Martín Velasco. 3D animation and computational programming: Felipe Elgueta. Music: Bíólagið, composed and performed by Amiina. Editing and sound post-production: Mayra Morán and Niles Atallah. Production: Diluvio and Pista B; in co-production with UNAM. In association with EQZE and Chilecreativo. Commissioned by FICUNAM.
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Film credits
Principal Credits
Written and directed by: Niles Atallah
Produced by: Lucas Engel
Executive production: Juan Cifuentes Mera
Cinematography, art and image post-production: Niles Atallah
Animation
3D animation and computational programming: Felipe Elgueta
Stop-Motion Animation Team: José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack, Carla Puelma Ordenes, Niles Atallah, Norkys Sarai, Martín Velasco
Music & Sound
Music: Bíólagið
Composed and performed by: Amiina
Editing and sound post-production: Mayra Morán, Niles Atallah
Sound mix: Roberto Espinoza (Sonamos)
Commission / laboratory / institutional credits
EQZE
Equipo EQZE: Carlos Muguiro Altuna, Arrate Velasco Delgado
Laboratorio Fotoquímico EQZE — Coordinación: Asier Armental Lemos
Directora de fotografía proceso digital a celuloide: Celeste Rojas Mugica
Revelado y restauración fílmico: Celeste Rojas Mugica
Digitalización y restauración fílmico: Laura Oliver Cebolla
Umbral 0 / Síntesis / FICUNAM
Umbral 0 — Cine experimental latinoamericano comisionado por Síntesis y FICUNAM 2023
Curaduría: Maximiliano Cruz
Productores: Hugo Villa Smythe, Juan Ayala Méndez
Producción ejecutiva: Maximiliano Cruz, Abril Alzaga
UNAM / Cultura UNAM
Rector: Enrique Luis Graue Wiechers
Secretario General: Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas
Secretario Administrativo: Luis Agustín Álvarez Icaza Longoria
Abogado General: Hugo Alejandro Concha Cantú
Coordinadora de Difusión Cultural: Rosa Beltrán Álvarez
Secretario Técnico de Planeación y Programación – Cultura UNAM: Juan Ayala Méndez
Coordinadora de Gestión de la Secretaría Técnica de Planeación y Programación: Fernanda Becerril
Director adjunto Síntesis - Cultura UNAM: Gabriel Martínez
DGAC / FICUNAM
Director General de Actividades Cinematográficas: Hugo Villa Smythe
Abogado de la Dirección General de Actividades Cinematográficas: Edgardo Barona
Unidad Administrativa de la Dirección General de Actividades Cinematográficas: Jaqueline Kuttler Herrera
Director Artístico FICUNAM: Maximiliano Cruz
Directora Ejecutiva FICUNAM: Abril Alzaga
Productora de Programación FICUNAM: Laura Alderete
Vinculación institucional y planeación - FICUNAM: Ana Fernández Cervera
Enlace Administrativo - FICUNAM: Fernanda Gómez
Chilecreativo
Equipo Chilecreativo: Felipe Mujica, Nicolás Mladinic, Magdalena Robles
More details of the photochemical work are available in the 2023 EQZE residency entry.
Awards
2023 21st BOGOSHORTS, Bogotá, Colombia — Santa Lucía for Best Experimental Short Film, International Competition.
2024 16th FECICH, Quilpué, Chile — Best Animated Short Film.
2024 FIXION, Santiago, Chile — Best Chilean Short Film.
2024 Antofacine, Antofagasta, Chile — Best Short Film, New Languages Competition.
Selected festivals and screenings
2023 FICUNAM, Mexico — Umbral 0; world premiere.
2023 FIDMarseille, France — Flash Competition; international premiere.
2023 SANFIC, Chile — Talento Nacional Competition.
2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada — Non-Narrative Short Film.
2023 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland — International Competition.
2023 ZINEBI, Bilbao, Spain — International Competition.
2024 Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong — Short Film Competition.
Entierro: Luz subterránea / Burial: Subterranean Light
Experimental 16mm short, 15 minutes. Niles Atallah: Writer, Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Sound Designer, Image Post-Production and Colorist, Music: Sebastián Jatz Rawicz and Niles Atallah. Production: Diluvio (Chile). 16mm Transfer: Benjamín Echazarreta and Ceis8. Principal Cast: Rodrigo Lisboa and Gabriela Aguilera.
Selected festivals and screenings
2022 FICUNAM, Mexico City — Umbrales / Umbral 4; world premiere.
2022 Corriente, Arequipa, Peru — Continentes fílmicos: Fantasmagorías precipitadas.
2024 Cinélatino, Toulouse, France — Otra mirada: Casa Creativa Diluvio.
Lucía — animated short
Stop-motion short, 3 minutes 50 seconds; frame-by-frame digital photographs. Part 1 of Lucía, Luis y el lobo.
Co-Written and Co-Directed by Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León. Cinematography, Editing, Art Direction, Animation, Sound Design, Image Post-Production and Colorist credits shared by all three. Production: Diluvio. Voice: Paula Florencia Navarrete. Art Direction Assistance: Natalia Geisse.
Awards and distinctions
2010 Court-Bouillon, France — Grand Prix and Audience Award.
2010 Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria — ASIFA Austria Award and Audience Award, International Competition Animation Avantgarde.
2010 Disposable Film Festival, San Francisco, United States — Grand Jury Prize.
2009 Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia — Grand Prix Wooden Wolf Prize.
2009 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival — Special Jury Prize.
2009 Fantoche, Baden, Switzerland — First Prize / Best International Film.
2009 FIBABC, Madrid, Spain — Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film.
2009 16th FICValdivia, Chile — Special Jury Mention.
2008 ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Berlin, Germany — Literaturwerkstatt Berlin Prize.
2008 Fair Play Film and Video Award Festival, Lugano, Switzerland — Second Place Award.
Selected festivals and screenings
2007 Romance — Galería Animal, Santiago, Chile.
2009 16th FICValdivia, Chile — Short-film selection / jury mention.
2009 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival — Lab Competition.
2009 Fantoche, Baden, Switzerland — International Competition.
2009 Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia — Animation festival / award.
2010 Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria — Animation Avantgarde competition; awards recorded above.
2011 Art in the Auditorium III — Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Support
c. 2007 Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cultural y las Artes, FONDART, Chile — Support for the Lucía, Luis y el lobo animated-film project.
Nocturno de Chile
Experimental short in two parts, 9 minutes. La cena (The Dinner) and La cacería (The Hunt); adapted from Roberto Bolaño’s novel and also presented as a two-channel video installation.
Co-Written and Co-Directed by Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León. Cinematography, Editing, Art Direction, Animation, Sound Design, Image Post-Production and Colorist credits shared by all three. Production: Diluvio.
Selected festivals and screenings
2007–2008 Máquina blanda, MAVI, Santiago, Chile — Original exhibition presentation; December 2007–January 2008.
2018 59th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece — Tribute to Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña; Greek premiere.
2024 Centro Arte Alameda, Santiago, Chile — Directors-of-the-month short-film programme; 16 December screening and discussion with all three Co-Directors.
Luis
Stop-motion short, 3 minutes 50 seconds; frame-by-frame digital photographs. Part 2 of Lucía, Luis y el lobo.
Co-Written and Co-Directed by Niles Atallah, Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León. Cinematography, Editing, Art Direction, Animation, Sound Design, Image Post-Production and Colorist credits shared by all three. Production: Diluvio. Voice: Paula Florencia Navarrete. Art Direction Assistance: Natalia Geisse. Voice Assistant: Gabriela Aguilera. Production Assistance: Elisa Gil.
Awards and distinctions
2010 Guggenheim YouTube Play: one of the Top 25 selected videos, exhibited in New York.
2010 Court-Bouillon, France — Grand Prix and Audience Award.
2010 Cinematou, Geneva, Switzerland — Cinematou Award.
2010 Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria — ASIFA Austria Award and Audience Award, International Competition Animation Avantgarde.
2010 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia — Special Award.
Selected festivals and screenings
2009 Breda International Film Festival, Netherlands — Festival selection.
2010 Festival Cine//B 3, Santiago, Chile — Opening programme, Plaza Norte, Centro Gabriela Mistral (GAM).
2010 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia — World Festival of Animated Film; Special Award.
2010 International Trickfilm Festival, Stuttgart, Germany — Animated-film festival selection.
2010 Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria — Animation Avantgarde competition; awards recorded above.
2010 YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video — Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States; Top 25 selection.
2011 Art in the Auditorium III — Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Support
2007 Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cultural y las Artes, FONDART, Chile — Development support for Luis, part of the Lucía, Luis y el lobo animated-film project.