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Fósfora

Fósfora is a production company and creative studio founded by Niles Atallah in Santiago, Chile. It brings together a film laboratory, an image post-production suite, an animation studio, workshops and an exhibition space.

Merrimundi (2025) was Fósfora's first production. Casa Fósfora, its physical space, opened in 2026 in the Bellavista neighbourhood.

Laboratory

A collaboration between Fósfora and Espora Taller.

Celluloid development in Super 8 and 16 mm.
Still photography in 35 mm.
Wet-plate collodion photography, on glass and aluminium (tintypes).

Post-production

Image post-production and color grading suite.

Casa Fósfora

Fósfora's physical space in the Bellavista neighbourhood of Santiago, Chile. It opened in 2026 with a laboratory, an animation studio, workshops and an exhibition space.

Press

© 2026 Fósfora · Santiago de Chile

Film — Index

Production

Merrimundi — film still

Merrimundi — 2025
Animated short, 21 minutes.
Written and directed by Niles Atallah.
Production: Pista B Producciones, Diluvio and Fósfora.

A twisted utopia unfolds as singing cherubs melt to the sound of decay. Created by what might be a sentient machine or an unknown form of intelligence—consciousness manifesting itself in new and exuberant forms—it reveals its own strange version of paradise.

World premiere in the Orizzonti International Short Film Competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

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Co-production

2. El Tamagochi Escarlata

El Tamagochi Escarlata — 2025
Short film.
Directed by Francisco Visceral Rivera.
Produced by Lucas Engel and Ignacio Socías.
Co-producer: Niles Atallah.
Production: Pista B, Dantesco and Fósfora.

In development and post-production

3. Nour

Nour — 2025–, in post-production
Short film.
Written and directed by Niles Atallah and Felipe Elgueta.
Producer: Lucas Engel.
Production: Pista B. Co-production: Fósfora.
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cultural y las Artes, FONDART, 2025.

4. Villa Stellarum

Villa Stellarum — 2026–, in development
Short-film project.
Written and directed by Niles Atallah and Felipe Elgueta.
Producer: Lucas Engel.
Production: Pista B. Co-production: Fósfora.
Research: Pedro Bahamondes Chaud.

5. Janna

Janna — 2025–, in development
Stop-motion animated feature.
Written and directed by Niles Atallah.
Producer: Catalina Vergara.
Production: Globo Rojo Films. Co-production: Fósfora.
Fortalecimiento, Government of Chile, 2025.

6. La muñeca de fuego / The Fire Doll

La muñeca de fuego / The Fire Doll — 2018–, in development
Fiction feature project.
Directed by Niles Atallah. Written by Niles Atallah and Alejandra Moffat.
Producer: Catalina Vergara Arthur.
Production: Globo Rojo Films. Co-production: Fósfora; earlier development with Diluvio.
Europe–Latin America Co-Production Forum, San Sebastián, 2022: Film Center Serbia Award.

Image post-production and color

7. Az Zeeb

Az Zeeb — 2026
Documentary feature directed by Rafael Guendelman.
Image post-production and color: Niles Atallah and Roger Brheman / Fósfora.
Production: Brisa Films / Al Jazeera.

World premiere at FIDMarseille, First Film Competition; Special Mention of the Jury of the 2nd Chance School.

8. Lengua muerta / Dead Tongue

Lengua muerta / Dead Tongue — 2025
Documentary short directed by José Jiménez. Chile, 25 minutes, 16 mm, black and white.
Image post-production and color: Niles Atallah and Roger Brheman / Fósfora.
Production: Nuevos Trópicos and Volátil Cine.

FIDMarseille 2025: Special Mention of the Flash Competition jury. IDFA 2025: Best of Fests. FIDOCS 2025: Fidocs Expanded. Documenta Madrid 2026: International Competition.

Laboratory and exhibitions — Index

Laboratory

Collodion Journal — process photograph 1

Collodion — 2023–2026
Research by Espora Taller and Fósfora.

A three-year investigation into the wet-plate collodion process: recovering a 1960s copying camera, 3D-printed plate holders and collodion prepared from raw materials.

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Aqua Vitae — Wet-plate collodion photograph 02

Aqua Vitae — Wet-Plate Collodion Prints — 2026
Niles Atallah, Norkys Saraí, Martin Velasco, Coni Maldonado Dávila, José Tomás Urrutia Goldsack, Hans von Marees Peede.
Made at Espora Taller and Fósfora.

Wet-plate collodion portraits of the characters and worlds of Animalia Paradoxa, Merrimundi and Vitanuova. The first work of the collaboration between Fósfora and Espora Taller.

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Exhibitions

Encounters

5. Encounters with filmmakers

Encounters with filmmakers — 2026
With Universidad Diego Portales.

Screenings and encounters with filmmakers Pablo Martín Weber and Celeste Rojas Mugica, connecting filmmakers and university students.