The winners of the Méliès d’argent at NIFFF 2021
Boys from County Hell and Horrorscope win at Neuchâtel’ NIFFF
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SILVER MÉLIÈS FOR BEST EUROPEAN FANTASTIC FEATURE FILM @NIFFF
The Méliès d’argent is awarded to the best European feature and short films, on behalf of the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF).
The Méliès d’argent @ NIFFF 2021 goes to “Boys from County Hell” by Chris Baugh.
Awarded by the International Jury :
Sylvie Lainé · author · FR
Mona Chollet · author and essayist · CH
Fabien Mauro · author and essayist · FR
Mathieu Turi · filmmaker · FR
Daria Woszek · filmmaker · PL
Synopsis: strange events unfold in Six Mile Hill – a sleepy Irish town that claims to have been traveled by the famed author Bram Stoker – when construction on a new road disrupts the alleged grave of Abhartach, a legendary Irish vampire said to have inspired Dracula. Deadly and sinister forces terrorize the work crew led by Francie Moffat and his son Eugene, a free-spirited young man who prefers pints to pickaxes, and they’re forced to fight to survive the night while exposing the true horror that resides in the town’s local myth.
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SILVER MÉLIÈS FOR BEST FANTASTIC EUROPEAN SHORT FILM @NIFFF
The Méliès d’argent @ NIFFF 2021 goes to “HORRORSCOPE” by Pol Diggler.
Awarded by the SSA/SUISSIMAGE Jury :
Kantarama Gahigiri · Director · Switzerland/Rwanda
Marie-Eve Hildbrand · Director · Switzerland
Ivana Kvesic · Director, Schweizer Jugendfilmtage · Switzerland
Synopsis: A young student’s life is turned upside down when an evil presence takes over her body. Her mother will try to figure out how to save her with the help of a bizarre doctor.