NIFFF 2025 : PROGRAMME

Exposition

Maison d'Ailleurs : Mens sana in corpore sano

04.07 - 12.07, Hall du Passage, 08:00 - 20:00

Virtual Worlds

CAN : Carte Blanche Maria Guta : THEY SAY I'M CURED NOW

04.07 - 12.07, Extérieur, 08:00 - 20:00

Take Care

A Cure for Wellness

Gore Verbinski

Eurotrash Wellness Horror

DE/LU/US, 2016, 146'

04.07, Studio, 14:00

Asian Competition

Baby Assassins: Nice Days

Yugo Sakamoto

Kawaii Carnage

JP, 2024, 103'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Arcades, 14:15

08.07, Studio, 22:15

NIFFF Invasion

FANTOCHE - Soigne-moi si tu peux !

49'

04.07, Rex, 16:15

12.07, Rex, 11:00

NIFFF Invasion

KID-O-NIFFF

KIDS

CH, 2025, 75'

04.07, Arcades, 17:00

international competition

Obex

Albert Birney

Analog Biotech Paranoia

US, 2025, 90'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Studio, 17:15

07.07, Arcades, 19:30

10.07, Arcades, 14:15

Third Kind

La città proibita

Gabriele Mainetti

Kung-Fu alla romanità

IT, 2025, 138'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Arcades, 19:00

09.07, Studio, 19:15

international competition

La Tour de Glace

Lucile Hadžihalilović

Antartic Gothic

FR/DE/IT, 2025, 118'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Rex, 19:30

08.07, Passage 1, 17:00

11.07, Passage 1, 16:45

Asian Competition

Noise

Kim Soo-jin

Meet the Neighbours

KR, 2024, 95'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Studio, 19:45

09.07, Passage 1, 22:30

Opening ceremony

04.07, Passage 1, 20:00

Open Air 4 juillet

Dalloway 21:45
Clown in a Cornfield 00:45

04.07, Open Air, 21:45

international competition

The Ugly Stepsister

Emilie Blichfeldt

Cinderella B Side goes Ballistic

NO/SE/PL/DK/RO, 2025, 105'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Studio, 22:00

07.07, Passage 1, 19:45

10.07, Passage 1, 22:15

international competition

Reflet dans un diamant mort

Bruno Forzani, Hélène Cattet

The Spy Who Loved Me... Maybe

BE/FR/LU IT, 2025, 80'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Arcades, 22:15

06.07, Arcades, 19:00

11.07, Arcades, 16:30

Ultra Movies

Orang Ikan

Mike Wiluan

WW2 Swampcore

ID/SG/JP/UK, 2024, 83'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Arcades, 00:30

09.07, Open Air, 00:45

Ultra Movies

Clown in a Cornfield

Eli Craig

Bozo goes Beserk

US, 2025, 97'
Swiss Premiere

04.07, Open Air, 00:45

11.07, Arcades, 00:30

Conference

LANTERNE MAGIQUE - Le cinéma fantastique à hauteur d’enfant

75'

05.07, Rex, 10:30

Forever Young

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Albert Lewin

Immortality Guiltcore

US, 1945, 110'

05.07, Passage 1, 11:00

Shorts Programs, Amazing Switzerland

Amazing Schools

88'

05.07, Studio, 11:00

Virtual Worlds

Forced Amnesia

05.07 - 12.07, La Villa, 13:00 - 19:00

Virtual Worlds

Samples

05.07 - 12.07, La Villa, 13:00 - 19:00

international competition

Touch Me

Addison Heimann

Anxiety Core meets Alien Gore

US, 2025, 100'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Arcades, 14:00

08.07, Arcades, 19:30

11.07, Studio, 22:00

Shorts Programs

Swiss Shorts

83'

05.07, Studio, 14:00

12.07, Studio, 11:00

Take Care

Relic

Natalie Erika James

Matriarchal Decay Horror

US/AU, 2020, 89'

05.07, Rex, 14:30

Other

Jouer les questions autrement

05.07 - 12.07, La Villa, 15:00 - 19:00

Virtual Worlds

Jeux de rôle

05.07 - 12.07, La Villa, 15:00 - 21:00

international competition

The Thing with Feathers

Dylan Southern

Nevermore!

UK, 2025, 98'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Arcades, 16:30

07.07, Arcades, 17:00

10.07, Studio, 14:00

Amazing Switzerland

Electric Child

Simon Jaquemet

Confortably Numb

CH/DE/NL/PH, 2024, 118'

05.07, Studio, 16:45

Shorts Programs

Asian Shorts

92'

05.07, Rex, 16:45

08.07, Rex, 11:00

Third Kind

Par Amour

Élise Otzenberger

Aquatic Psychosis

FR, 2024, 90'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Passage 1, 17:00

10.07, Rex, 16:45

international competition

A Useful Ghost

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

Deadpan Haunting

TH/FR/SG/DE, 2025, 130'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Arcades, 19:00

08.07, Arcades, 16:30

10.07, Studio, 19:45

Third Kind

L'Engloutie

Louise Hémon

Cold Mountain Desire

FR, 2025, 98'
International Premiere

05.07, Rex, 19:00

09.07, Passage 1, 16:45

international competition

Mother's Baby

Johanna Moder

Post-Partum Sci-Fi

AT/DE/CH, 2025, 108'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Passage 1, 19:15

08.07, Passage 1, 19:45

12.07, Studio, 16:30

international competition

Sasyq

Yerden Telemissov

Roadside Alien Encounter

KZ, 2025, 96'
International Premiere

05.07, Studio, 19:45

09.07, Studio, 11:00

12.07, Arcades, 14:15

Open Air 5 juillet

CLASSICS RELOADED

Ghostbusters 21:45
Carrie 00:15

05.07, Open Air, 21:45

Asian Competition

Exit 8

Genki Kawamura

First-person paranoia

JP, 2025, 95'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Arcades, 22:00

10.07, Arcades, 19:15

Ultra Movies

Dangerous Animals

Sean Byrne

Sharkcore

AU/US/CA, 2025, 92'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Studio, 22:15

10.07, Arcades, 22:00

international competition

Alpha

Julia Ducournau

Marble-skin Allegory

FR/BE, 2025, 128'
International Premiere

05.07, Passage 1, 22:15

09.07, Passage 1, 19:15

11.07, Studio, 14:00

Third Kind

Gatillero

Cristian Tapia Marchiori

Revolt never truly dies

AR, 2025, 80'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Arcades, 00:30

11.07, Arcades, 14:15

NIFFF Invasion

Space Cadet

Eric San (Kid Koala)

CA, 2025, 86'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Rex, 10:30

Take Care

A Page of Madness

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Silent Era Psychosis

JP, 1926, 70'

06.07, Studio, 11:00

Third Kind

Eddington

Ari Aster

Madness Always Grips America

US/FI, 2025, 148'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Passage 1, 13:30

11.07, Passage 1, 19:45

International competition

The Home

Mattias J. Skoglund

Old Age. New Fear

SE/IS/EE, 2025, 87'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Arcades, 14:00

08.07, Arcades, 22:00

11.07, Studio, 17:00

Asian Competition

Bokshi

Bhargav Saikia

Girls Inherit Fire

IN, 2025, 142'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Studio, 14:00

09.07, Studio, 14:00

Amazing Switzerland

Le prince barbare

Pierre Koralnik

RTS Sword Saga

CH/FR, 1988, 90'

06.07, Rex, 14:15

international competition

U Are the Universe

Pavlo Ostrikov

Minimal Space Opera

UA/BE, 2024, 101'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Arcades, 16:30

09.07, Arcades, 19:45

12.07, Studio, 14:00

international competition

Honey Bunch

Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli

Chrono-Kitsch Thriller with Cosmetic Dread

CA/UK, 2025, 113'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Passage 1, 16:45

09.07, Passage 1, 14:00

12.07, Studio, 22:15

Shorts Programs

International Shorts : Around the Genre

73'

06.07, Rex, 16:45

09.07, Rex, 11:00

Asian Competition

New Group

Yuta Shimotsu

In formation!

JP, 2025, 81'
European Premiere

06.07, Studio, 17:30

11.07, Arcades, 21:45

Amazing Switzerland

Das Gespensterhaus

Franz Schnyder

Bärner Alptraum

CH, 1942, 104'

06.07, Rex, 19:15

Third Kind

Sirât

Olivier Laxe

120 BPM Dystopia

ES/FR, 2025, 115'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Passage 1, 19:30

12.07, Arcades, 19:15

Asian Competition

Dollhouse

Shinobu Yaguchi

Possessed Toy Torment

JP, 2025, 110'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Studio, 21:15

12.07, Arcades, 22:15

Third Kind

The Rule of Jenny Pen

James Ashcroft

Geriatric Terror

NZ, 2024, 104'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Open Air, 21:45

09.07, Studio, 17:00

Open Air 6 juillet

The Rule of Jenny Pen 21:45
Jimmy and Stiggs 00:15

06.07, Open Air, 21:45

Forever Young

Night Silence

Bartosz M. Kowalski

Low-fi Lovecraft

PL, 2024, 86'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Arcades, 22:00

Ultra Movies

Redux Redux

Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus

Revenge Multiverse Saga

US, 2025, 107'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Rex, 22:00

09.07, Arcades, 22:00

Ultra Movies

Jimmy and Stiggs

Joe Begos

DIY Splatter Satire

US, 2024, 80'
Swiss Premiere

06.07, Open Air, 00:15

09.07, Arcades, 00:30

Imaging The Future

The Art of Sustainability

90'

07.07, Passage 2, 10:30

Take Care

Sick of Myself

Kristoffer Borgli

Narcisstic Body Horror

NO/SE/DK/FR, 2022, 97'

07.07, Studio, 11:00

NIFFF Invasion

Fantastic Shorts

CH, 2025, 60'

07.07, Rex, 11:00

Spectacle

CCHAR - Derrière la Brume

CONTE

45'

07.07, Coq-d'Inde, 11:00

Asian Competition

Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Seekers

Gen Urobuchi

Wuxia Baroque

JP/TW, 2025, 90'
International Premiere

07.07, Studio, 14:00

11.07, Passage 1, 14:15

Imaging The Future

Ahead of the Game: Designing Existential Dread

90'

07.07, Passage 2, 14:00

international competition

Que ma volonté soit faite

Julia Kowalski

Desire-driven Rural Fear

FR/PL, 2025, 99'
International Premiere

07.07, Passage 1, 14:30

10.07, Passage 1, 19:30

12.07, Rex, 16:45

Asian Competition

Dui Shaw

Nuhash Humayun

Deep Folk Horror

BD, 2025, 153'
Swiss Premiere

07.07, Studio, 16:30

10.07, Studio, 16:30

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Whispering Corridors

Park Ki-hyung

Teen Trauma Spellbound

KR, 1998, 105'

07.07, Rex, 16:45

Ultra Movies

Gibier

Abel Ferry

Meat is Murder

FR, 2025, 98'
World Premiere

07.07, Passage 1, 17:00

11.07, Open Air, 00:30

Imaging The Future

Animating Wallace & Gromit

60'

07.07, Passage 2, 17:00

Take Care

Rabid

David Cronenberg

Organo-capitalist Meltdown

CA, 1977, 91'

07.07, Rex, 19:15

Ultra Movies

Dead Talents Society

John Hsu

Feel Good Ghost Story

TW, 2024, 111'
Swiss Premiere

07.07, Open Air, 21:45

11.07, Rex, 19:30

Ultra Movies

Transcending Dimensions

Toshiaki Toyoda

Metaphysical Space Trip

JP, 2025, 96'
Swiss Premiere

07.07, Studio, 21:45

10.07, Studio, 11:00

Open Air 7 juillet

Dead Talents Society 21:45
Hotspring Sharkattack 00:30

07.07, Open Air, 21:45

Third Kind

Bring Them Down

Chris Andrews

Slow-burn Bloody Feud

IE, 2024, 106'
Swiss Premiere

07.07, Arcades, 22:00

10.07, Passage 1, 17:00

Take Care

Infection

Masayuki Ochiai

Antiseptic Terror

JP, 2004, 98'

07.07, Rex, 22:15

Ultra Movies

Hotspring Sharkattack

Morihito Inoue

Jacuzzi bloodbath

JP, 2024, 78'
Swiss Premiere

07.07, Open Air, 00:30

10.07, Arcades, 00:15

Spectacle

CCHAR - On avait dit qu'on se touchait pas

CIRQUE

45'

08.07, Coq-d'Inde, 11:00

Imaging The Future

Jean de Meuron at the Edge of Space

60'

08.07, Passage 2, 11:00

Imaging The Future

Vfx Breakdown: Mickey 17

60'

08.07, Passage 2, 13:30

Third Kind

Cloud

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Dead End Digital Noir

JP, 2024, 124'
Romandie Premiere

08.07, Passage 1, 14:00

11.07, Passage 1, 11:00

Take Care

Patrick

Richard Franklin

Ozploitation Paranormal

AU, 1978, 112'

08.07, Rex, 14:15

Imaging The Future

Vfx Breakdown: Shogun

60'

08.07, Passage 2, 15:15

Amazing Switzerland

After Darkness

Dominique Othenin-Girard, Sergio Guerraz

Helvetic Psycho-Gothic

CH/UK, 1985, 110'

08.07, Rex, 16:45

Carte blanche à une personnalité suisse: Baghera Jones

Festen

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish Dinner Dystopia

DK/SE, 1998, 101'

08.07, Studio, 16:45

Imaging The Future

Aleksi Briclot Masterclass

60'

08.07, Passage 2, 17:00

Carte blanche à une personnalité suisse: Baghera Jones

Starship Troopers

Paul Verhoeven

Space Marines gone Wild

US, 1997, 129'

08.07, Studio, 19:15

Third Kind

The Gesuidouz

Kenichi Ugana

27 Club Anthem

JP, 2024, 94'
Swiss Premiere

08.07, Rex, 19:45

12.07, Arcades, 11:00

Third Kind

Opus

Mark Anthony Green

Neo Giallo Musical

US, 2025, 104'
Swiss Premiere

08.07, Open Air, 21:45

11.07, Arcades, 19:00

Open Air 8 juillet

Opus 21:45
Hallow Road 00:15

08.07, Open Air, 21:45

Ultra Movies

Lesbian Space Princess

Leela Varghese, Emma Hough Hobbs

Space Queer Opera

AU, 2025, 87'
Swiss Premiere

08.07, Passage 1, 22:15

11.07, Studio, 19:15

Take Care

The Brain that Wouldn't Die

Joseph Green

Mad Science Grindhouse

US, 1962, 82'

08.07, Rex, 00:15

Third Kind

Hallow Road

Babak Anvari

Hit and run anxiety

UK/IE/FI/US, 2025, 80'
Swiss Premiere

08.07, Open Air, 00:15

12.07, Arcades, 17:00

Spectacle

CCHAR - Theatron

THÉÂTRE

50'

09.07, Coq-d'Inde, 11:00

Conference

Table ronde TAKE CARE!

60'

09.07, Passage 2, 13:30

Other

Atelier d'écriture: Du bestiaire à la carte : plongée en science-fantasy

ATELIER

180'

09.07, Bureau NIFFF, 14:00

Conference

Rencontre avec Jean-Baptiste del Amo

60'

09.07, Passage 2, 15:15

Asian Competition

The Old Woman with the Knife

Min Kyu-dong

All Style, No Mercy

KR, 2025, 120'
Swiss Premiere

09.07, Arcades, 16:45

12.07, Studio, 19:15

Take Care

Unsane

Steven Soderbergh

Gaslight Horror 2.0

US, 2018, 98'

09.07, Rex, 17:00

Conference

David Lynch, un réalisateur A-genre

60'

09.07, Passage 2, 17:15

Take Care

The Elephant Man

David Lynch

Victorian Body-horror Elegy

US, 1980, 124'

09.07, Rex, 19:30

Asian Competition

Rewrite

Daigo Matsui

Past Meets Future Love

JP, 2025, 127'
Swiss Premiere

05.07, Passage 1, 14:15

09.07, Open Air, 21:45

Open Air 9 juillet

Rewrite 21:45
Orang Ikan 00:45

09.07, Open Air, 21:45

Carte blanche à une personnalité suisse: Baghera Jones

The Host

Bong Joon-ho

Mutant Grief Storm

KR/JP, 2006, 119'

09.07, Rex, 22:15

New Worlds of Fantasy

(Dé)posséder l'art ?

90'

10.07, Passage 2, 10:30

Take Care

Club Zero

Jessica Hausner

Anorexic Satire Flick

AT/GB/DE/FR/DK/TR/US/QA/BA, 2023, 110'

10.07, Rex, 11:00

Spectacle

CCHAR - L' Armoire polyphonique

CHANSON BAROQUE

30'

10.07, Coq-d'Inde, 11:00

Conference

Créer pour la Terre

75'

10.07, Passage 2, 13:30

Take Care

Safe

Todd Haynes

Personal Apocalypse Cinema

US/UK, 1995, 119'

10.07, Rex, 14:00

New Worlds of Fantasy

Rencontre avec Boulet

60'

10.07, Passage 2, 15:45

Take Care

A Tale of Two Sisters

Kim Jee-woon

Twist-Driven K-Horror Drama

KR, 2003, 114'

10.07, Arcades, 16:30

New Worlds of Fantasy

A Conversation with Emil Ferris

60'

10.07, Passage 2, 17:30

Shorts Programs

International Shorts : Shivers and Shimmers

72'

04.07, Rex, 22:15

10.07, Rex, 19:30

Open Air 10 juillet

CLASSICS RELOADED

Picnic at Hanging Rock 21:45
Wild at Heart 00:30

10.07, Open Air, 21:45

Take Care

Dogtooth

Yorgos Lanthimos

Kin Control Fable

GR, 2009, 97'

11.07, Rex, 11:00

Spectacle

CCHAR - En dérangement

CLOWN

35'

11.07, Coq-d'Inde, 11:00

Virtual Worlds

Jeu de rôle: D'ombres et de lumières

11.07, Passage 2, 13:00

Take Care

Evolution

Lucile Hadžihalilović

Gynocentric Dystopia

FR/BE/ES, 2015, 81'

11.07, Rex, 14:00

Take Care

Hungry Hearts

Saverio Costanzo

Orthorexia Intimacy Quest

IT, 2014, 113'

11.07, Rex, 16:45

Open Air 11 juillet

Misery 21:45
Gibier 00:30

11.07, Open Air, 21:45

Smells Like Teen Spirit

The Faculty

Robert Rodriguez

Parasite Pop-Corn Panic

US/MX, 1998, 104'

11.07, Rex, 22:30

Forever Young

Cronos

Guillermo del Toro

Rustcore Vampire Drama

MX, 1992, 94'

12.07, Rex, 14:00

Take Care

Coma

Michael Crichton

Bioethics Thriller 1.0

US, 1978, 113'

12.07, Rex, 19:15

Closing Ceremony

180'

12.07, Passage 1, 20:00

Open Air 12 juillet

Hi-Five 21:45
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 00:30

12.07, Open Air, 21:45

Take Care

The Cured

David Freyne

Post-Zombie PTSD Thriller

IE/, 2017, 95'

12.07, Rex, 22:00

Take Care

Monkey Shines

George A. Romero

Primate Psycho Thriller

US, 1988, 113'

12.07, Arcades, 00:45

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