‘The Ice Tower’ Takes Top Prize at Neuchatel Fantastic Festival

‘The Ice Tower’ Takes Top Prize at Neuchatel Fantastic Festival

Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s fractured fairy-tale “The Ice Tower” took top honors at this year’s Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF), claiming the festival’s H.R. Giger “Narcisse” prize alongside the Imaging the Future prize for best production design. Toplined by Marion Cotillard alongside colorful character turns from Gaspar Noé and August Diehl, the 1970s-set film follows a young orphan who falls into an hypnotic and soon rec…