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Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

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Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
LocationNeuchâtel, Switzerland
Established2000
Founded byAnaïs Emery and Olivier Müller[1]
DirectorsPierre-Yves Walder[2]
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://www.nifff.ch

The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) is a Swiss film festival dedicated to fantastic movies. The NIFFF constructs its programming around three central axes: Fantastic cinema, Asian cinema and Digital images. The films shown at the Festival are very diversified, ranging from major works by renowned directors to unknown and underground films d'auteurs. Notable attendees include George A. Romero, Joe Dante, John Landis, Terry Gilliam, Hideo Nakata.

The NIFFF offers five competitions: an international competition, an Asian competition, a Best Swiss Short Film Competition, a Best European Short Film Competition and a Swiss Video Art Competition entitled Actual Fears and inaugurated in 2008.[3]

Retrospective themes have included "Scream Queer" (2022),[4] "Female Trouble" (2023)[5] and "Eat the Rich" (2024).[6]

List of award winners

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Year Award Film Country Director
2023 [7] H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Tiger Stripes  Malaysia
 Taiwan
 France
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Indonesia
 Qatar
Simon Reith
Special mention International Jury Superposition  Denmark Karoline Lyngbye
Audience RTS Award Raging Grace  United Kingdom Paris Zarcilla
International Critic's Award
Youth Award
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production Pearl  United States Ti West
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film Vincent doit mourir  France
 Belgium
Stéphan Castang
Best Asian Movie Award Marry My Dead Body  Taiwan Cheng Wei-hao
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short Pipess  Switzerland Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short Ce dit d'un cerf qui quitte son bois  Belgium Salomé Crickx
SSA/Suissimage special mention Der Molchkongress  Switzerland Immanuel Esser, Matthias Sahli
Youth Award Short Foreigners Only  Bangladesh Nuhash Humayun
Audience Award Short
2022 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Nos cérémonies  France Simon Reith
Special mention International Jury Blaze  Australia Del Kathryn Barton
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film Men  United Kingdom Alex Garland
International Critic's Award Ashkal  France
 Qatar
 Turkey
Youssef Chebbi
Audience RTS Award Freaks Out  Italy,  Belgium Gabriele Mainetti
Best Asian Movie Award Demigod: The Legend Begins  Taiwan Chris Huang
Youth Award Hypochondriac  United States Addison Heimann
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short Les héritières  Switzerland Avril Lehmann
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short Mr. Pete and the Iron Horse  Switzerland Kilian Vilim
SSA/Suissimage special mention Avant 3 nuits  France Minna Prader
Youth Award Short
Audience Award Short Moshari  Bangladesh Nuhash Humayun
2021 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Lapsis  United States Noah Hutton
Special mention International Jury Cryptozoo  United States Dash Shaw
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film Boys from County Hell  Ireland Chris Baugh
International Critic's Award The Feast  United Kingdom Lee Haven Jones
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production Tides  Switzerland Tim Fehlbaum &
Julian R. Wagner
Audience RTS Award
Best Asian Movie Award Ok! Madam  South Korea Lee Cheol-ha
Youth Award Censor  United Kingdom Prano Bailey-Bond
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short Little Miss Fate  Switzerland Joder von Rotz
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short
Taurus Studio Innovation Award Phlegm  Switzerland Jan-David Bolt
2020 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Dinner in America  United States Adam Rehmeier
2019 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Extra Ordinary  Ireland
 Belgium
Mike Ahern &
Enda Loughman
Audience RTS Award
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film Abou Leila  Algeria
 France
 Qatar
Amin Sidi-Boumédiène
International Critic's Award Swallow  United States
 France
Carlo Mirabella-Davis
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway  Ethiopia
 Spain
 Estonia
A Miguel Llansó,
Anna-Liisa Liiver,
Aitor and Fran Almuedo
Best Asian Movie Award The Fable  Japan Kan Eguchi
Youth Award Come to Daddy  New Zealand
 Canada
 Ireland
 United States
Ant Timpson
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short Dispersion  Switzerland Basile Vuillemin
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short
Taurus Studio Innovation Award Hand in Hand  Switzerland Ennio Ruschetti
2018 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Climax  France Gaspar Noé
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film
International Critic's Award Piercing  United States Nicolas Pesce
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production
Audience RTS Award Kasane  Japan Satō Yūichi
Best Asian Movie Award Bad Genius  Thailand Nattawut Poonpiriya
Youth Award Under the Silver Lake  United States David Robert Mitchell
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short Crepuscule  Switzerland Pauline Jeanbourquin
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short
Taurus Studio Innovation Award Das Mädchen im Schnee  Switzerland Denis Ledergerber
Outside the Box Award Cómprame un Revólver  Mexico Julio Hernández Cordón
2017 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Super Dark Times  United States Kevin Phillips
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film El bar  Spain Álex de la Iglesia
International Critic's Award The Endless  United States Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production
Best Asian Movie Award Trapped  India Vikramaditya Motwane
Youth Award Hostile  France Mathieu Turi
Audience RTS Award JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I  Japan Takashi Miike
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short The Bridge over the River  Switzerland Jadwiga Kowalska
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short
Taurus Studio Innovation Award Sons of Bitches  Switzerland Arnaud Baur
2016 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Under the Shadow  Iran
 Jordan
 Qatar
 United Kingdom
Babak Anvari
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film Forældre  Denmark Christian Tafdrup
International Critic's Award Swiss Army Man  United States Daniel Scheinert, Dan Kwan
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production
Audience RTS Award
Best Asian Movie Award Honor Thy Father  Philippines Erik Matti
Youth Award Detour  United Kingdom
 South Africa
Christopher Smith
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short Ivan's Need  Switzerland Veronica Lingg, Manuela Leuenberger & Lukas Suter
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short
Taurus Studio Innovation Award Belle comme un coeur  Switzerland Gregory Casares
2015 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Green Room  United States Jeremy Saulnier
Youth Award Denis-de-Rougemont
Audience RTS Award
Silver Melies to the best fantastic film Men & Chicken  Denmark Anders Thomas Jensen
International Critic's Award The Invitation  United States Karyn Kusama
Imaging The Future Award for best design production Crumbs  Ethiopia Miguel Llansò
Best Asian Movie Award Full Strike  Hong Kong Henri Wong & Derek Kwok
H. R. Giger "Narcisse" Award to the best swiss short - SSA/Suissimage Competition Es war finster und merkwürdig still  Switzerland Mirella Brunold & Nina Calderone
Méliès d’argent to the best european fantastic short
Prix Tauris Studio for innovation Parasit  Switzerland Diego Hauenstein
2014 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Housebound  New Zealand Gerard Johnstone
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film Blind  Norway Eskil Vogt
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production The Mole Song : Undercover Agent Reiji  Japan Takashi Miiike
Best Asian Movie Award Yasmine  Brunei Siti Kamaluddin,
Chan Man-Ching
International Critic's Award It Follows  United States David Robert Mitchell
Youth Award
Audience RTS Award What We Do in the Shadows  New Zealand Jemaine Clement,
Taika Waititi
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short Lothar  Switzerland Luca Zuberbühler
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short
Taurus Studio Innovation Award Pappkameraden  Switzerland Stefan Bischoff,
Stephan Wiki
2013 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Dark Touch  France
 Ireland
 Sweden
Marina de Van
Mad Movies Award to the «Maddest» Movie
Youth Award
Special mention of the International Jury Chimères  Switzerland Olivier Beguin
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film In the Name of the Son  Belgium Vincent Lannoo
Imaging The Future Award for Best Design Production Ghost Graduation  Spain Javier Ruiz Caldera
Special mention of the Imaging The Future Jury Mars and April (Mars et Avril)  Canada Martin Villeneuve
Best Asian Movie Award Eega  India S.S Rajamouli,
J.V.V Sathyanarayana
Speciale mention of the Mad Movies Jury
Blaise Cendrars Youth Award The Crack  Colombia
 Argentina
Alfonso Acosta
Audience RTS Award You're Next  United States Adam Wingard
Titra Film Award The Dyatlov Pass Incident  Finland Renny Harlin
H. R. Giger «Narcisse» Award for Best Swiss Short Palim Palim  Switzerland Marina Klauser,
Pia Hellenthal
Taurus Studio Award
Special mention of the SSA/Suissimage Jury Pocket Rocket  Switzerland Walter Feistle
Taurus Studio Innovation Award Effort  Switzerland Eleonora Berra
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short Entre Ange et Demon  Switzerland Pascal Forney
2012 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Citadel  Ireland Ciaran Foy
Special mention of the Mad Movies Jury
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Film
Special mention of the International Jury Vanishing Waves  Lithuania Kristina Buozyté
Best Asian Movie Award Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings  Philippines Jade Castro
Youth Award The Butterfly Room  Italy Jonathan Zarantonello
Mad Movies Award for the «Maddest» Movie Resolution  United States Justin Benson,
Aaron Moorhead
Titra Film Award Grabbers  United Kingdom Jon Wright
TSR Audience Award
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Zimmer 606  Switzerland Peter Volkart
Taurus Studio Award
Silver Méliès Award for Best European Short
Taurus Studio Innovation Award Magnetfelder  Switzerland Jan-Eric Mack
2011 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Trollhunter  Norway André Øvredal
TSR Audience Award
Silver Méliès for Best European Film
Special Mention from the International Jury Stake Land  United States Jim Mickle
Best Asian Film Award Hello Ghost  South Korea Kim Young-tak
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award Wake Wood  United Kingdom
 Ireland
David Keating
Mad Movies Award for the «Maddest» Film The Violent Kind  United States Butcher Brothers
Titra Film Award Insidious  United States James Wan
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Evermore  Switzerland Philip Hofmänner
Taurus Studio Award
Taurus Studio Award for Innovation Employe Du Mois  Switzerland Olivier Béguin
Nomination for the Golden Méliès for Best European Short Brutal Relax  Spain David Munoz,
Adrian Cardona,
Rafa Dengra
2010 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Enter The Void  France Gaspar Noé
TSR Audience Award Black Death  United Kingdom Chris Smith
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award Strayed  Kazakhstan Akan Satayev
The Silver Méliès for Best European Film Strigoi  United Kingdom Faye Jackson
Mad Movies Award for the «Maddest» Film Dream Home  Hong Kong Pang Ho-Cheung
Special mention of the Jury
Best Asian Movie Award WIG  Japan Renpei Tsukamoto
Titra Film Award Valhalla Rising  Denmark Nicolas Winding Refn
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Danny Boy  Switzerland Marek Skrobecki
The Taurus Studio Award
The Taurus Studio for Innovation Award Ich Bin's Helmut  Germany Nicolas Steiner
Nomination for the Golden Méliès for Best European Short Try a Little Tenderness  Germany Benjamin Teske
2009 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Fish Story  Japan Yoshihiro Nakamura
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award
Special mention of the Jury Infestation  United States Kyle Rankin
TSR Audience Award Connected  Hong Kong, China Benny Chan
The Silver Méliès for Best European Film Left Bank  Belgium Pieter Van Hees
Mad Movies Award for «le film le plus Mad»
Best Asian Movie Award The Handsome Suit  Japan Tsutomu Hanabusa
Titra Film Award Antichrist  Denmark
 Poland
 Germany
 Sweden
 Italy
Lars Von Trier
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Le Petit Dragon  Switzerland Bruno Collet
The Taurus Studio Award
The Taurus Studio for Innovation Award Déjà  Switzerland Antonin Schopfer
Nomination for the Golden Méliès for Best European Short Tile M for Murder  Sweden Magnus Holmgren
2008 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Sleep Dealer  United States
 Mexico
Alex Rivera
Special mention of the Jury Tokyo!  France
 Japan
 Germany
 South Korea
Bong Joon-ho,
Leos Carax,
Michel Gondry
Titra Film Award
TSR Audience Award CJ7 Stephen Chow
The Silver Méliès for Best European Feature Film Let the Right One in  Sweden Tomas Alfredson
Special mention of the Jury
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award
Mad Movies Award for Best Asian Movie Om Shanti Om  India Farah Khan
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Vincent le Magnifique  Switzerland Pascal Forney
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Art Video The Counterfeiters  Switzerland
 United States
Katia Bassanini
Nomination for the Golden Méliès for Best European Short Scary  Netherlands Martijn Hullegie
2007 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film You, the Living  Sweden Roy Andersson
Titra Film Award
Special mention of the Jury The Ugly Swans  Russia Konstantin Lopishansky
Silver Méliès for Best European Feature Film
TSR Audience Award Black Sheep  New Zealand Jonathan King
Mad Movies Award for Best Asian Movie Don  India Farhan Akthar
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award La Antena  Argentina Esteban Sapir
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short City Wasp  Switzerland Steven Tod[8]
Nomination for the Golden Méliès for Best European Short Silence Is Golden  United Kingdom Christ Sheperd
2006 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film The Bothersome Man  Norway
 Iceland
Jens Lien
Golden Méliès for Best European Film
TSR Audience Award Adam's Apples  Denmark
 Germany
Anders Thomas Jensen
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award
Mad Movies Award for Best Asian Movie SPL  Hong Kong Wilson Yip
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Une Nuit Blanche  Switzerland Maja Gehrig
Nomination for the Golden Méliès for Best European Short Dilemma  Netherlands Boris Paval Conen
2005 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Innocence  France Lucile Hadzihalilovic
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award
TSR Audience Award Zeburaman  Japan Miike Takashi
Mad Movies Award for Best Asian Movie
Golden Méliès for Best European Film Code 46  Great Britain Michael Winterbottom
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Terra Incognita  Switzerland Peter Volkart
2004 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film The Machinist  United States
 Spain
Brad Anderson
Silver Méliès Award for Best Feature Film
TSR Audience Award Tokyo Godfathers  Japan Satoshi Kon
Mad Movies Award for Best Asian Movie
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award The Taste of Tea  Japan Katsuhito Ishii
SSA/Suissimage Price for Best Swiss Short Belmondo  Switzerland Annette Carle
Nomination for the Golden Méliès for Best European Short 7:35 de la Manana  Spain Nacho Villalongo
2003 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film 28 Days Later  United States Danny Boyle
Special mention of the Jury Gozu  Japan Takashi Miike
Mad Movies Award for Best Asian Movie
TSR Audience Award The Invisible  Sweden Joel Bergvall,
Simon Sandquist
The Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award New Blood  Hong Kong Pou-soi Cheang
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Loups  Switzerland Hugo Veludo
Special mention of the SSA/Suissimage Jury La Clé d'Argent  Switzerland Victor Jaquier
2002 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film The Yin Yang Master  Japan Takita Yojiro
The Jury's Omnicrom Prize Ichi The Killer  Japan Miike Takashi
TSR Audience Award Don't Ask, Don't Tell  United States Doug Miles
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Joshua  Switzerland Andreas Müller
2000 H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film Gemini  Japan Shinya Tsukamoto
Special mention of the Jury Blood]  Great Britain Charly Cantor
H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Swiss Short Time With Nyenne  Switzerland Olivier Béguin

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Croll, Ben (2021-06-24). "Neuchatel Fantastic Film Festival Brings Genre Out of the Shadows". www.aol.com. Variety. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  2. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (2022-07-04). "Why the new head of the Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival is bringing a social conscience to genre programming". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  3. ^ Brown, Todd (2016-06-16). "The Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival Announces Jam Packed Lineup For 2016". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  4. ^ Croll, Ben (2022-06-23). "NIFFF Tackles LGBTQ+ Representation With Scream Queer Retrospective". Yahoo Sports. Variety. Retrieved 2024-06-27 – via Yahoo! Sports.
  5. ^ Constantin, Eugénie (2023-04-27). "FEMALE TROUBLE". Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  6. ^ Croll, Ben (2024-06-27). "At NIFFF, Class Struggle Retrospective Invites Attendees to Eat the Rich". Variety. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  7. ^ "The winners of the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival 2023". melies.org. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  8. ^ "Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival". melies.org. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27.
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