Fantasporto

Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized in Porto, Portugal. Giving space to big screen productions, to auteur films and to experimental projects from all over the world, Fantasporto has created enthusiastic audiences, ranging from cinephiles to more popular spectators, with an annual average of 110,000 film goers. In its 27th edition in February 2006 the festival reached 104,000 people and 5,000 media references (both national and international) with a record of 187 hours of TV time. Present in Porto were circa 100 members of the foreign press and about 250 Portuguese journalists and media representatives.

In spite of being organized by a private entity, the event is mostly State funded, with the Ministry of Culture of Portugal leading and the President of the Republic as head of the Honour Committee, along with several private sponsors.

Awarded films

• 1982 The Redeemer by Krsto Papić
• 1983 Scanners by David Cronenberg
• 1984 The Last Battle by Luc Besson
• 1985 The Company of Wolves by Neil Jordan
• 1986 Fuego eterno by Jose Angel Rebolledo
• 1987 Defense of the Realm by David Drury
• 1988 A Chinese Ghost Story by Ching Siu-tung
• 1989 Monkey Shines by George A. Romero
• 1990 Black Rainbow by Mike Hodges
• 1991 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer by John McNaughton
• 1992 Toto le Héros by Jaco van Dormael
• 1993 Braindead by Peter Jackson
• 1994 Cronos by Guillermo del Toro
• 1995 Shallow Grave by Danny Boyle
• 1996 Seven by David Fincher
• 1997 Bound by Wachowski brothers
• 1998 Retroactive by Louis Morneau
• 1999 Cube by Vincenzo Natali
• 2000 Siam Sunset by John Polson
• 2001 Amores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 2002 Fausto 5.0 by Los Fura del Baus
• 2003 Intacto by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
• 2004 Janghwa, Hongryeon by Kim Ji-Woon
• 2005 Nothing by Vincenzo Natali
• 2006 Frostbiten by Anders Banke
• 2007 Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
• 2008 REC by Jaume Balagueró

External links

• Fantasporto