A twisted utopia unfolds, as singing cherubs melt to the sound of decay. Crafted by a sentient machine from the future, it unveils its own version of paradise.
21 min 24 sChile2025
Merrimundi
by Niles Atallah
Pixilation3D computerStop-motion
Niles Atallah (b. 1978) is a Chilean-American filmmaker and visual artist of Palestinian descent, based in Santiago, Chile. His films include Animalia Paradoxa (2024), Rey (2017), and Lucía (2010), as well as shorts Vitanuova (2023), Subterranean Light (2021), and Lucía y Luis (2007–08), the latter co-directed with Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León, with whom he co-founded production company Diluvio.
- animation
- Matías López, José Tomás Urrutia, Coni Maldonado, Sofía Alvarado, Paco Pasquette, Javiera Román, Aurora Molina, Niles Atallah, Rai Bucher, Micaela Moreno, Diego Seye
- production
- Pista B, Diluvio, Fósfora
- screenwriter
- Niles ATALLAH