The 22nd Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival is lining up what already looks to be an exciting programme kicking off its nine-day event.
Free open air screening in Neuchatel will include restored classics like Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 psych-romance thriller, Rebecca, Jindrich Polák’s 1963 sci-fi Ikarie XB-1, and Jean Louis-Roy’s 1970 black comedy, Black Out. Two other titles will include The Taste Of Tea from director Katsuhiro Ishii whose works will headline his first-ever retrospective at NIFFF, and Die Hard, the 1998 action classic from director John McTiernan who takes the reigns for his own newly-announced retrospective as well, as of Tuesday.
Additionally, the aforementioned Rebecca comes packaged within the festival’s Female Trouble section which aims it spotlight on memorable classic works such as Shunya Ito’s Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, the first in an unrelenting revenge saga starring none other than the venerable Meiko Kaji. Other titles here include Kao Pao-Shu’s Shaw Brothers actioner, Lady With A Sword, and James Cameron’s banner 1986 sci-fi sequel, Aliens.
This year’s extended programme for the NIFFF will also platform industry professionals in animation and comics, including author and artist, and NIFFF XXII international juror and discussion panelist Charles Burns. Swissploitation will also take the stage with a look at Johannes Hartmann and Sandro Klopfstein’s Mad Heidi which will screen for the Amazing Switzerland section.
NIFFF XXII is hosted in association with Encor Studio, hailing the creation of this year’s A.I. festival guide, D.IA.NE, who has been debuted on the festival poster as well as the latest official promo. There’s more to be discovered at the website along with ticketing information and press accreditation.
