Lusófona University once again in the spotlight at the SOPHIA Awards 2024

The Department of Film and Media Arts was once again the big winner of the Sophia awards.

In this year's Sophia Awards, Lusófona University, through its film and media arts department, won three first places in the categories of:

• Best Master's/Doctoral short film with "A Mother Goes to the Beach" (Kino Eyes)
• Best short fiction film with "The Chicken Incident" (Bachelor in Film)
• Best poster with "A Mother Goes to the Beach" (Kino Eyes)

The University was also awarded in the category of Best Animated Short Film, taking 2nd and 3rd place with the films "My Spanish Seagull" and "Dead End" respectively, both from the Animation Bachelor's.

The Sophia Awards are the main prizes awarded in Portugal to cinematographic works and are awarded annually by the Portuguese Film Academy. The aim of these awards is to recognize the best national productions. Its name was chosen in honor of the poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and because it means "wisdom".

Lusófona University has consistently led the nominations and awards in the different editions of the Sophia awards and the 2024 awards confirm Lusófona University's leading position in the context of film and audiovisual education in Portugal, corroborated by the fact that the University is consistently ranked first in the ICA - Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual competition for funding for Portuguese Film and Audiovisual schools.