Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) awards a silver Méliès annually to the best European feature film and the best European short film from its programme. The Méliès is a series of competitions held throughout the year to promote fantastic films. The NIFFF is one of eight European festivals that award the silver Méliès. The winning films will be announced at the NIFFF closing ceremony on 13 July 2024.
Feature films in competition for Silver Méliès
| Title | Director(s) | Country |
| She Loved Blossoms More | Yannis Veslemes | Greece, France, New Zealand |
| Pendant ce temps sur Terre (Meanwhile on Earth) | Jérémy Clapin | France |
| Krazy House | Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil | Netherlands |
| Milchzähne (Milk Teeth) | Sophia Bösch | Germany, Switzerland |
| Oddity | Damian Mc Carthy | Ireland |
| Arcadia | Yorgos Zois | Greece, Bulgaria, United States |
| For evigt (Eternal) | Ulaa Salim | Norway, Iceland, Denmark |
| Cuckoo | Tilman Singer | Germany, United States |
| Eat the Night | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France |
| L’Empire (The Empire) | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Des Teufels Bad (The Devil’s Bath) | Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Austria, Germany |
Short films in competition for Silver Méliès
| Title | Director(s) | Country |
| Fracti | Lavinia Petrache | Switzerland |
| Faces of Death | Jan Soldat | Germany, Austria |
| On Hold | Delia Hess | Switzerland |
| Au Prix de la Chair (The Cost of Flesh) | Tomas Palombi | France |
| Træer Malet i Tjære (Trees Painted in Tar) | Casper Rudolf | Denmark |
| Mi zona (My Zone) | Cristian Beteta | Spain |
| Nöbetçi (The Watchman) | Ali Cherri | Italy, France |