- Fantasporto
Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international
film festival , annually organized inPorto ,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
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1982 The Redeemer byKrsto Papić
*1983 Scanners byDavid Cronenberg
*1984 The Last Battle byLuc Besson
*1985 The Company of Wolves byNeil Jordan
*1986 Fuego eterno byJose Angel Rebolledo
*1987 Defense of the Realm byDavid Drury
*1988 A Chinese Ghost Story byChing Siu-tung
*1989 "Monkey Shines " byGeorge A. Romero
*1990 Black Rainbow byMike Hodges
*1991 byJohn McNaughton
*1992 Toto le Héros byJaco van Dormael
*1993 Braindead byPeter Jackson
*1994 Cronos byGuillermo del Toro
*1995 Shallow Grave byDanny Boyle
*1996 Seven byDavid Fincher
*1997 Bound byWachowski brothers
*1998 Retroactive byLouis Morneau
*1999 Cube byVincenzo Natali
*2000 Siam Sunset byJohn Polson
*2001 Amores perros byAlejandro González Iñárritu
*2002 Fausto 5.0 byLos Fura del Baus
*2003 Intacto byJuan Carlos Fresnadillo
*2004 Janghwa, Hongryeon byKim Ji-Woon
*2005 Nothing byVincenzo Natali
*2006 Frostbiten byAnders Banke
*2007 Pan's Labyrinth byGuillermo del Toro
*2008 REC byJaume Balagueró External links
* [http://www.fantasporto.com/ Fantasporto]
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