Festivals: Neuchâtel Fantastic
Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA to YOU ARE THE FILM to SACCHARINE to PHI PHONG: THE BLOOD DEMON
Even though I've not had the pleasure of enjoying Switzerland's premiere genre festival in person, what I love about today's schedule is the variety of events and screenings that are on offer. Wherever your mood takes you, remember: It's just...
Neuchatel 2026: Report on Opening Night
The 2026 Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival kicked off this past Friday, 3 July, and we've been happy to publish daily guides to the program. This year, sadly, none of our writers are able to attend in person, but we're...
Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From THE TIN DRUM to RITUAL to MI AMOR to SLEEP NO MORE to BLOOD ON SNOW
Plus: 'From Dusk Till Dawn.'
Neuchatel 2026 Daily: FISH, FISTS AND AMBERGRIS to EVIL DEAD BURN to IKATAN DARAH
Plus: 'My Daughter Is a Zombie,' 'Logan's Run,' and many more.
Neuchatel 2026 Daily: From BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS to HOKUM
The Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, hereafter referred to as Neuchatel 2026, is "the only Swiss festival dedicated to genre films," per their official description. "The event is mainly devoted to a specific film genre: fantasy. This main theme is...
Neuchatel 2026: Genre Fest Kicks Off Next Week
Due to kick off next Friday, 3 July, the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival announced its program a couple days ago, and it is very, very good. In their own words, they are "the only Swiss festival dedicated to genre...
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2026: Swiss Genre Fest Celebrates Twenty-Five Years With Poster Reveal
The twenty-five edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival takes place in early July and the fine folks that run it have just revealed this year's visual.
Neuchâtel 2025: Swiss Fantastic Film Festival Announces Full Programme
Today, the fine folks over at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival announced the programme for this year's festival, running from July 4th through 12th. The festival is bringing some of the best of the festival circuit to the lakeside...
Neuchâtel 2024 Review: ANIMAL Hurts Men, Women And Beasts
Last month, the 2024 edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival ended, so normally by now we'd have finished our coverage. But the review for Emma Benestan's Animale, internationally distributed as Animal, lived rent-free in my brain for weeks,...
Neuchâtel 2024 Interview: ENNENNUM Director Shalini Ushadevi Talks About Immortality
This year at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, several juries awarded several films. The Critic's Jury awarded their prize by unanimous decision to Ennennum, an extremely well-written science fiction drama in which Ouso and Devi, a married couple, get...
Neuchâtel 2024 Review: MEANWHILE ON EARTH Wanders Through Grief
Fantastic genres like science fiction, fantasy and horror lend themselves for hiding a message in your entertainment. Throw in monsters, aliens or revolting transformations and you can make the most difficult ethical dilemmas palatable for a larger audience. But some...
Neuchâtel 2024 Review: ETERNAL Takes Its Sweet Time Getting... Somewhere
At the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival back in 2021, several films directly tackled the subject of environmental issues (including the International Critics' Jury Winner that year). This year, the selection skewed more towards emotions of grief, loss, failed relationships....
Neuchâtel 2024: All Awards Round-up
Last Saturday saw the closing ceremony of the 23rd edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, followed by the Swiss première of Longlegs. In the previous eight days, the festival had been a general place of bliss to visit....
Neuchâtel 2024 Starts This Week
Tomorrow, the 23rd Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival starts, bringing nine days of horror, fantasy and science fiction films from all over the world to a beautiful Swiss location. This year, the poster and trailer point to a general theme...
Neuchatel 2023 Review: MAD FATE Intervenes in Demented Style
Soi Cheang directed the Hong Kong mystery thriller from Milkyway Image.
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Neuchâtel 2023: Full Program For Swiss Genre Fest Revealed
Our friends at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, the premiere genre festival in Switzerland, have announced the full lineup for this year's festival running during the first week of July. It is a program that boasts a lineup...
Neuchâtel 2023: Swiss International Fantastic Film Festival Unveils This Year's Poster
Our friends at Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival are busy preparing for this year's 22nd edition of their Swiss-based genre film festival. As the programming comes together the festival has unveiled this year's poster. It is a slick and shiny work...
International Genre Focused Hub 'Fantastic Pavilion' to Launch at Marche du Film at Cannes
Variety had the exclusive yesterday, an announcement of the creation of Fantastic Pavilion, "... a significant booth and exhibition space located at the Cannes Marché du Film in the Palais des Festivals". Announced this week during Ventana Sur in...
Neuchâtel Fantastic Announces Their NIFFF ON TOUR Programme
Our friends at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival have announced the first screenings as part of their NIFF on Tour programme. The tour kicks off at the EPFL Pavilions in Lausanne, Switzerland, with free screenings of Blaise Harrison's...
Neuchâtel 2022: Original Films Sweep Awards, Record Attendance Reported
The 2022 edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival draws to a close tonight with the awarding of jury prizes and the report of record attendance at Switzerland's premiere genre film event. Per the official release: "For the first...
