My Paradise
- Directed & Produced by: Nicolas Muñoz
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- Updated: September 21, 2026
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Labeled "crazy" by her neighbors, Susana has turned her home into a hospice for the unwanted. Her chaotic sanctuary holds a mirror to a hyperconnected world that has lost the time to care.
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Susana Pagliettini
Main Character
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Susana Pagliettini
Main Character
Susana Pagliettini is a prominent animal advocate and community leader from San Fernando, Buenos Aires. Her path into activism wasn't a sudden choice, but rather a natural "flow" that eventually transformed her home into a sanctuary for animals in critical condition.For over a decade, Susana has been a cornerstone of the local rescue community. Beyond providing direct care for sick and abandoned animals, she has become a powerful voice for systemic change. She was a key figure behind the "San Fernando Free of Pyrotechnics" campaign, working alongside social organizations to protect animals, children with autism, and the elderly from the harmful effects of high-decibel fireworks.Her story is one of profound personal sacrifice. She traded a quiet life of cinema, theater, and uninterrupted sleep for the 24/7 demands of rescue work. Despite the exhaustion, her biography remains a testament to a simple truth: for Susana, helping isn't just something she does—it’s who she is.
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Nicolas Muñoz
Director & Producer
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Nicolas Muñoz
Director & Producer
Nicolás Muñoz Documentary Filmmaker & DOP | Buenos Aires, Argentina At age eleven, Nico Muñoz transformed his childhood bedroom in Argentina into a makeshift nature reserve: eleven fish tanks, two aquatic turtles, and walls plastered with National Geographic pages plundered from his mother’s prized collection. But his world truly cracked open the day he unearthed a bootleg cassette of Roger Payne’s whale songs. To Nico, those haunting underwater voices felt like pure magic—sonic contraband in the 1980s. Yet, when he proudly hit play for his friends and family, they completely tuned out. This wasn't just a childhood disappointment; it was his first real heartbreak as a storyteller. In that bedroom, Nico learned a defining lesson: even the most vital truths are swallowed by apathy if you don't know how to make people listen. That early frustration became the driving engine of his entire career. Determined to master the craft of capturing reality, Nico painted tables by day to pay for film school by night, eventually studying cinematography and documentary filmmaking at ORT (Argentina), INA (France), and Maine Media College (USA). For 13 years, he operated on the frontlines as a visual journalist for the Associated Press (APTN), covering breaking news across Latin America. But in 2014, he made a bold pivot: he traded the fleeting adrenaline of the news cycle for the immersive depth of auteur documentary filmmaking, collaborating with global networks like ARTE, Al Jazeera, NBC, NOWNESS, and Global Witness. Today, as an Official Sony Alpha Partner and a Banff award-winning director, Nico seamlessly blends the raw, split-second reflexes of a frontline reporter with the cinematic beauty of an artist. His work explores the intersections of social justice, environmental crisis, and human resilience—always searching for the voices being ignored to turn them into stories that are impossible to turn away from. Though he no longer listens to that childhood cassette, those whale songs still echo deep inside him—a permanent reminder of the curious child he was, and the filmmaker he continues to be. -
Noe Couto
Consulting Editor
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Noe Couto
Consulting Editor
Noelia Couto (SAE / EDA) – Consulting Editor An accomplished film editor and post-production coordinator with a strong foothold in Argentine cinema. An active member of SAE and EDA, her recent credits include the feature La Ruptura (2024) and the award-winning short El Vendaval. Her background as a festival juror brings a critical, structural eye to My Paradise, essential for refining the film’s final narrative arc.
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Why This Film Now? – We live in an era of hyper-efficiency, where time is currency and "wasting" it is a sin. In this context, empathy has become a luxury we claim we cannot afford. We scroll past suffering because stopping requires a resource we no longer possess: our attention.
"My Paradise" is urgent because Susana is a glitch in this system. She dedicates her life to the "invisible"—beings with no economic value. By doing so, she challenges our definition of sanity: Who is truly crazy? The woman who sacrifices everything to nurture life, or a society too busy to notice it is losing its soul? This is not just a film about animal rescue; it is a mirror asking us if we still have time to be human.
Status and What We Need The project is currently in Post-Production, with principal photography fully completed. We are now seeking Strategic Partners to join the team:
- Creative Producer & Consulting Editor: To help refine the narrative arc and challenge the storytelling, ensuring the film transcends the "rescue documentary" genre and lands as a powerful social portrait.
- Impact & Distribution Partners: We seek allies who share our vision to position this story beyond the festival circuit, using it as a tool for essential conversations about empathy, mental health, and coexistence.
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