Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

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.

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

2025 Festival poster
Location	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Established	2000
Founded by	Anaïs Emery and Olivier Müller[1]
Most recent	2025
Directors	Pierre-Yves Walder[2]
No. of films	127
Festival date	Opening: 4 July 2025 (2025-07-04) Closing: 12 July 2025 (2025-07-12)
Language	International
Website	http://www.nifff.ch

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]

The 24th edition of the film festival was held from 4 July to 12 July 2025, featuring 127 films from 42 countries.^[7]

List of award winners

Year	Award	Film	Country	Director
2025 (24th)[8]	H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film	The Ice Tower	France  Germany  Italy	Lucile Hadžihalilovic
	Special mention International Jury	Her Will Be Done	France  Poland	Julia Kowalski
2024 (23rd)[9]	H. R. Giger Award « Narcisse » for Best Feature Film	Handling the Undead	Norway	Thea Hvistendahl
		Ennennum	India	Shalini Ushadevi
2023[10]	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[11]
	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

• List of fantastic and horror film festivals

• Film portal