| Fantasporto | |
| Founded: | 1981 |
| Founders: | Mário Dorminsky, Beatriz Pacheco Pereira and José Manuel Pereira |
| Location: | Porto, Portugal |
| Language: | International |
Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal. Giving screen space to fantasy/science fiction/horror-oriented commercial feature films, auteur films and 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 attendees. It was rated in Variety as one of the 25 leading festivals of the world.[1] In its 27th edition in February 2006 the festival reached 104,000 people and 5,000 media references, both domestic and international, with a record of 187 hours of TV time. Present in Porto were about 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.
The Grande Prémio Fantasporto is the highest prize awarded at the Fantasporto Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition.
| Year | Film | Director | Nationality of Director (at time of film's release) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Redeemer | |||
| 1983 | Scanners | |||
| 1984 | The Last Battle | |||
| 1985 | The Company of Wolves | |||
| 1986 | Eternal Fire | |||
| 1987 | Defense of the Realm | |||
| 1988 | A Chinese Ghost Story | |||
| 1989 | Monkey Shines | |||
| 1990 | Black Rainbow | |||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1992 | Toto the Hero | |||
| 1993 | Braindead | |||
| 1994 | Cronos | |||
| 1995 | Shallow Grave | |||
| 1996 | Seven | |||
| 1997 | Bound | |||
| 1998 | Retroactive | |||
| 1999 | Cube | |||
| 2000 | Siam Sunset | |||
| 2001 | Amores perros | |||
| 2002 | Fausto 5.0 | |||
| 2003 | Intacto | |||
| 2004 | A Tale of Two Sisters | |||
| 2005 | Nothing | |||
| 2006 | Frostbiten | |||
| 2007 | Pan's Labyrinth | |||
| 2008 | REC | |||
| 2009 | Idiots and Angels | |||
| 2010 | Heartless | |||
| 2011 | Two Eyes Staring | |||
| 2012 | Hell | |||
| 2013 | Mama | / | ||
| 2014 | Miss Zombie | |||
| 2015 | Liza, the Fox-Fairy | |||
| 2016 | The Lure | |||
| 2017 | Realive | |||
| 2018 | Ravenous | |||
| 2019 | Last Sunrise | |||
| 2020 | Ghost Master | |||
| 2021 | Suicide Forest Village | |||
| 2022 | Follow Her |
* denotes first win
Vincenzo Natali (1999, 2005)
Guillermo del Toro (1994, 2007)The Best Actor Award (Portuguese: Melhor Actor) is an award presented at Fantasporto. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1982.
| Year | Actor | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Arrebato | ||
| 1983 | Ritam zločina | ||
| 1984 | For their contributions to the fantastic film genre. | ||
 Peter Cushing | |||
| Christopher Lee | |||
 John Carradine | |||
| 1985 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | ||
| Frankenstein 90 | |||
| 1986 | Dreamchild | ||
| 1987 | Gothic | ||
| Defence of the Realm | |||
| 1988 | De Wisselwachter | ||
| 1989 | Dead Ringers | ||
| 1990 | Spoorloos | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1992 | Timescape | ||
| 1993 | Bad Lieutenant | ||
| 1994 | Cronos | ||
| 1995 | La Madre Muerta | ||
| 1996 | Cemetery Man | ||
| 1997 | Sólo se muere dos veces | ||
| 1998 | Dame algo | ||
| 1999 | The Acid House | ||
| Gary McCormack | |||
| 2000 | The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | ||
| Holgi | |||
| 2001 | Shadow of the Vampire | ||
| 2002 | Fausto 5.0 | ||
 Miguel Ángel Solá | |||
| 2003 | Cypher | ||
| 2004 | Palabras encadenadas | ||
| 2005 | Bubba Ho-Tep | ||
| 2006 | Zulo | ||
| 2007 | Pan's Labyrinth | ||
| 2008 | The Ungodly | ||
| 2009 | Eden Lake | ||
| 2010 | Heartless | ||
| 2011 | Iron Doors | ||
| 2012 | Juan of the Dead | ||
| 2013 | Berberian Sound Studio | ||
| 2014 | Big Bad Wolves | ||
| 2015 | The Canal | ||
| 2016 | Chasuke's Journey | ||
| 2017 | The Evil Within | ||
| 2018 | Ilawod | ||
| 2019 | The Head Hunter | ||
| 2020 | Koko-di Koko-da | ||
| 2021 | LX 2048 | ||
| 2022 | SoulPark |
The Best Actress Award (Portuguese: Melhor Atriz) is an award presented at Fantasporto. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1982.
| Year | Actress | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Memoirs of a Survivor | ||
| 1983 | Possession | ||
| 1984 | Le Démon dans l'île | ||
| 1985 | Carne de tu carne | ||
| 1986 | Zina | ||
| 1987 | Matador | ||
| 1988 | Mascara | ||
| 1989 | Paperhouse | ||
| 1990 | Black Rainbow | ||
| 1991 | |||
| The Krays | |||
| 1992 | Truly, Madly, Deeply | ||
| 1993 | Ángel de Fuego | ||
| 1994 | Jack Be Nimble | ||
| 1995 | Once Were Warriors | ||
| 1996 | Margaret's Museum | ||
| 1997 | Bound | ||
| 1998 | The Ugly | ||
| 1999 | Credo | ||
| 2000 | Siam Sunset | ||
| 2001 | The Isle | ||
| 2002 | Sorum | ||
| 2003 | Rokugatsu no hebi | ||
| 2004 | A Tale of Two Sisters | ||
| 2005 | Firecracker | ||
| 2006 | Johanna | ||
| 2007 | Ausentes | ||
| 2008 | El orfanato | ||
| 2009 | Vanaja | ||
| 2010 | Salvage | ||
| 2011 | Bedevilled | ||
| 2012 | Hell | ||
| 2013 | Mama | ||
| 2014 | Soulmate | ||
| 2015 | Hungerford | ||
| 2016 | Laut | ||
| 2017 | A Dark Song | ||
| 2018 | Jessica McLeod | The Hollow Child | |
| 2019 | Living Space | ||
| 2020 | UnTrue | ||
| 2021 | Marionette |
The Best Screenplay Award (Portuguese: Melhor Argumento) is an award presented at Fantasporto. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival.
| Year | Writer | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Alejandro Brugués |  Juan of the Dead | |
| 2013 |  | ||
| 2014 | The Fake | ||
| 2015 | Jong-ho Lee | Mourning Grave | |
| 2016 |  Chasuke's Journey | ||
| 2017 | Realive | ||
| 2018 | Glass Garden | ||
| 2019 | Rodrigo Aragão |  A Mata Negra | |
| 2020 | Chris Bavota & Lee Paula Springer | Dead Dicks | |
| 2021 | Gábor Hellebrandt & Péter Bergendy |  Post Mortem | |
| 2022 | Rick Ostermann & Patrick Brunken & Dirk Kurbjuweit | Das Haus |
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