Festroia International Film Festival Explained

Festróia – Tróia International Film Festival
Location:	Setúbal, Portugal
Founded:	1985
Disestablished:	2015
Awards:	Golden Dolphin
Website:	http://www.fipresci.org

The Tróia International Film Festival, commonly referred to as Festroia (Portuguese: Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia – Festróia), was an annual international film festival in Portugal held from 1985 to 2014.^[1]

Held in the town of Setúbal and named after the nearby Tróia Peninsula where the festival was originally based until 1993, the festival showcased mainly arthouse films made by smaller or less publicised national cinemas from around the world. In later editions its competitive section was open to films from countries producing less than 30 feature films per year. Usually held in the first week of June, the festival gave out a series of prizes, with the main award for Best Film being the Golden Dolphin (Golfinho de Ouro).

The last edition held was the 30th festival held in 2014. Due to cuts in funding, the 2015 edition was cancelled in March that year, three months before it was scheduled to take place, and a notification saying that there would be no 31st edition was put up on the official website in its last update.^[2] The website itself was taken down in early 2017.^[3]

Golden Dolphin winners

Year	Film	Director	Country
1985	scope=row	Twenty Years Later		Brazil
1986	scope=row	Fool for Love		United States
1987	scope=row	Madrid		Spain
1988	scope=row	In the Name of the Son		Argentina
1989	scope=row	The Citadel		Algeria
1990	scope=row	Rose of the Desert		Algeria
1991	scope=row	Homo Novus		Hungary
1992	scope=row	One Full Moon
1993	scope=row	It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill
1994	scope=row	The Sacred Mound		Iceland
1995	scope=row	Madagascar		Cuba
1996	scope=row	Cold Fever		Iceland
1997	scope=row	The Father
1998	scope=row	The Bandit		Turkey
1999	scope=row	Solomon & Gaenor
2000	scope=row	Ambush		Finland
2001	scope=row	Italian for Beginners		Denmark
2002	scope=row	Every Stewardess Goes to Heaven		Argentina
2003	scope=row	Intimate Stories		Argentina
2004	scope=row	Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi		Israel
2005	scope=row	Turtles Can Fly
2006	scope=row	What a Wonderful Place		Israel
2007	scope=row	The Border Post		Croatia
2008	scope=row	Empties		Czech Republic
2009	scope=row	Forbidden Fruit		Finland
2010	scope=row	A Somewhat Gentle Man		Norway
2011	scope=row	Tirza		Netherlands
2012	scope=row	The Parade		Serbia
2013	scope=row	The Broken Circle Breakdown		Belgium
2014	scope=row	The Priest's Children		Croatia

External links

• Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival overview at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festróia - Tróia. Internet Movie Database.
2. News: Otto Coelho. Sara. Festival de cinema Festróia 2015 cancelado por falta de verbas. 4 March 2017. Observador. 3 March 2015.
3. Web site: Comunicado de Imprensa. 18 January 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118214929/http://www.festroia.pt/. 18 January 2017.