20th Festroia International Film Festival
Portugal, June 4 - 13, 2004
The jury
Dan Fainaru (Israel), Marina Drozdova (Russia), Laura Laufer (France),
Awarded films
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Ha-Kochavim Shel Shlomi by
Shemi Zarhin,
(Israel, 2003, 94 mins)
Reports
The Portuguese festival celebreated this year it’s 20th edition. A special series was dedicated to “Football in Cinema” (a few weeks before the European Championship in Portugal takes place). Ettore Scola, the Italian filmmaker, enjoyed a retrospective of his films. The competition focused on films from countries which don’t produce more than twenty films a year. Our jury awarded the FIPRESCI Prize to the young Israeli filmmaker Shemi Zarhin for his film “Bonjour, Monsieur Shlomi”.
Festroia International Film Festival: www.festroia.pt