Niles Atallah
Still: Animalia ParadoxaNiles 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)