For its 24th edition (July 5–13, 2024), the NIFFF forges ahead with the strategy started in 2021 to reduce its environmental footprint. The festival is also expanding its scope by letting the audience discover various ways environmentalism is portrayed in its program.
This sustainability plan is supported by BCN (Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise) and Viteos, the Neuchâtel leader in energy transition.
These two long-time partners of the festival are joined every year by others for specific initiatives.
IN 2025, FOR FESTIVALGOERS…
What’s new this year?
- TAKE CARE ! a selection of twenty films that explore the theme of deep inequalities in healthcare systems. The film A CURE FOR WELLNESS (Gore Verbinski, 2016) will be presented in collaboration with Médecins du monde. A representative from Médecins du monde will join the other speakers during the TAKE CARE! roundtable discussion. This initiative aims to open up debate on a societal issue that has been widely explored in genre cinema, while questioning healthcare systems and the pressures surrounding self-care.
- Stand Having a Ball : On Sat. July 11th, the Joseph Barnes Association for Testicular Cancer Prevention will be present with a booth at OFFF, in the Jardin Anglais, to raise public awareness about this often-taboo topic.
- Un amour de pleurote :
As part of its local and circular approach, the NIFFF is joining forces with Un amour de pleurote, a mushroom farm that highlights food biodiversity in the Neuchâtel region. Products available at the festival shop and served at personalized events.
Et les mesures renouvelées :
- A Viteos selection can be discovered in the NIFFF programme, along with recommendations on environmental themes. Interested in the topic? NIFFF 2025 features films in its official selection that address environmental issues, and also offers talks and immersive installations as part of its free programmes, NIFFF EXTENDED and NIFFF INVASION.
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The OVNIFFF symbol is back in some of the bars’ menus (which already include more than 75% of local products). This initiative comes from the Caves des Côteaux, whose sustainable and innovative approach puts the emphasis on respecting nature and its produce. The NIFFF is delighted to offer their white wine, a blend of local grape varieties.
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Thanks to Regards Neufs, Julia Kowalski’s HER WILL BE DONE, is accessible to people with hearing or visual disabilities. Audiodescription and subtitles are available directly on smartphone via the Greta app.
- Le site internet du NIFFF offre toujours un bouton ACCESSIBILITÉ disponible sur sa page d’accueil. Toutes les informations nécessaires aux personnes en situation de handicap y sont disponibles pour planifier une venue des plus sereines au festival ! Sur chaque page du site web, le design peut également être modifié selon les besoins de l’utilisateur·ice.
- The Fondation Alfaset team members, whose mission is to facilitate access for disabled people, has once again created amazing goodies out of old promotional NIFFF tarps. Visit the shop at Théâtre du Passage.
- NeuchâtelRoule offers a 50% discount on bicycle rentals for the whole duration of the festival with the code NIFFF2025. Long live soft mobility!
