Niles Atallah
Niles ATALLAH (1978, USA) is a filmmaker and artist who lives and works in Santiago, Chile. His work includes features and short films, music videos, animation, installations and video projections for theatre and concerts. His first feature Lucia premiered at the San Sebastián IFF, Zabaltegi New Directors in 2010. His second feature Rey won a Special Jury Award in the Tiger Competition at IFFR in 2017. Niles founded the production company Diluvio with artists Joaquin Cociña and Cristóbal Leon, together they co-directed the series of animation shorts Lucia and Luis. Animalia Paradoxa (2024) has its world premiere at IFFR 2024.
Filmography
Memoria desierta (2006, short doc), Lucía, Luis y el lobo/Lucía, Luis and the Wolf (2007/2008, series of short animation films), Lucía (2010), La isla/The Island (2014, short), Rey/King (2017), Animalia Paradoxa (2024)
Niles Atallah at IFFR
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Animalia Paradoxa
Avant-garde animation and performance combine as a creature struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Harbour
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Lucía
A beautifully made portrait of the seamstress Lucia, who lives with her father in an old house in Santiago, that offers an unexpected glimpse of the c
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Hubert Bals Fund
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Previously On
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La isla
Family reunion on captivatingly beautiful island replete with memories; everyone is waiting for Jaime who should have arrived already.
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Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films
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Rey
In the nineteenth century, a French adventurer established a kingdom in inhospitable southern Chile, managing to unite the feared Mapuche under him. T
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Hivos Tiger Competition
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Lucía
A beautifully made portrait of the seamstress Lucia, who lives with her father in an old house in Santiago, that offers an unexpected glimpse of the c
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Bright Future
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Primer día de invierno
Intimate, sober drama about a man who wanders through town with his baby, by the Chilean maker of the former Tiger El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia.
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Spectrum Shorts
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