Merrimundi

2025

Animated short, 21 minutes.

Niles Atallah: Writer, Director, Editor, Co-Cinematographer, Art Director, Animator, Sound Designer, Image Post-Production Artist and Colorist. Producer: Lucas Engel. Production: Pista B Producciones, Diluvio and Fósfora. Co-Cinematographer: Diego Seye. 3D Animation and Programming: Felipe Elgueta. Sound Mix: Roberto Espinoza. Original Music: Paco Pasquette.

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.

Festivals and screenings

2025 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Italy — Orizzonti — International Short Film Competition; world premiere.

2025 23rd BOGOSHORTS, Bogotá, Colombia — Out of Competition; Cinemateca de Bogotá and Alianza Francesa de Bogotá.

2025 32nd FICValdivia, Chile — Animamundi; Chilean premiere.

2025 8th Festival Internacional de Cine de Chiloé, Chile — Retrospective.

2025 Cineclub FAS, Bilbao, Spain — Post-festival presentation.

2025 Lima Alterna, Peru — Festival selection.

2025 Viennale, Vienna, Austria — Festival selection.

2025 ZINEBI, Bilbao, Spain — International short-film selection; FAS Special Mention.

2025 10th Proceso de Error, Valparaíso, Chile — Opening film; Cineteca PUCV.

2026 13th FECINA, Cineteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago — Pre-release Screenings.

2026 15th Chilemonos, Santiago, Chile — Latin American Experimental Animated Short Film Competition.

2026 18th FECICH, Quilpué, Chile — Chilean festival selection; named animation/visual/sound award.

2026 66th Kraków Film Festival, Poland — Short Film Competition 2.

2026 7th Festival de Cine de Ñuble, Chile — Official Short Film Competition.

2026 7th Frontera Sur, Concepción, Chile — Como me da la gana.

2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France — Off-Limits Competition.

2026 Athens International Film + Video Festival, Ohio, United States — Jump Scare programme.

2026 Cineteca Nacional de Chile / UDP, Santiago — Chilean Animation Today; screening and cine-forum.

2026 Curta Kinoforum, São Paulo, Brazil — Unlimited 3.

2026 deadCenter Film Festival, Oklahoma City, United States — Mind’s Eye programme.

2026 Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, Mexico — Rigo Mora animation competition.

2026 FICBUEU, Bueu, Spain — Descubertas; announced programme, festival underway in September 2026.

2026 Golden Ger, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — International animated short competition; award winner.

2026 Golden Harvest Film Festival, Taiwan — Festival screening.

2026 Hong Kong International Film Festival — 50th edition.

2026 IndieLisboa, Lisbon, Portugal — Silvestre 3.

2026 Kaboom, Netherlands — Experimental short / Poetry in Motion; audience award winner.

2026 KINO Athens International Independent Film Festival, Greece — International Short Films, programme 7.

2026 SMOF — Stop Motion Our Fest, Buenos Aires, Argentina — Festival selection.

2026 Turku Animated Film Festival (TAFF), Finland — International Competition.

2026 Mediamorfosis, Viña del Mar, Chile — Festival film programme; Teatro Municipal de Viña del Mar.

2026 SEEYOUSOUND International Music Film Festival, Turin, Italy — 7INCH short-film competition, Avant-Garde programme.

2026 Courtisane Festival, Ghent, Belgium — Undercurrents 9: Swan Songs, curated by Basma al-Sharif; ARCA.

2026 Leiden Shorts, Leiden, Netherlands — Late Night: Monstrous, Kijkhuis.

2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival, United Kingdom — Animation Shorts; UK premiere.

2026 Ravenheart International Film Festival, Oslo, Norway — Animation A: Art in Motion, Cinemateket.

2026 El Día Más Corto, Centro Gabriela Mistral (GAM), Santiago, Chile — Sala A1 screening, 21 June.

2026 · forthcoming Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan — Announced: programme M, Visions of the 21st Century; Japanese title メリムンディ.

2026 · forthcoming Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan — Announced International Competition nomination.

2026 · forthcoming Monitos a mano, Chile — Announced theatrical anthology programme.

2026 · forthcoming Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Japan — Announced late-night programme.

2026 · forthcoming Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway — Short Film Competition; announced October programme.

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.