Sophia Awards

Sophia Awards
Current: 2021 Sophia Awards
The Sophia Award logo
Awarded for	Achievements in Portuguese cinema
Location	Casino Estoril
Country	Portugal
Presented by	Portuguese Academy of Cinema
First awarded	26 November 2012
Website	http://www.academiadecinema.pt/
Television/radio coverage
Network	RTP2

The Sophia Awards are the Portuguese cinematographic and film awards, assigned annually, which aim to recognize the best national productions. Its name was chosen in honor of the Portuguese poet and writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen and also because "Sophia" is a classic Greek name which means "wisdom" .^[1]

History

The awards were instituted in 2012, a year after the creation of the Portuguese Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The president, Paulo Trancoso, said that the main idea was to create a form of recognizing and congratulate the excellence in cinema in the country having in mind other annual awards in Europe like the Goya Awards in Spain or the César Awards in France.^[1]

The first edition took place on November 26, 2012, at the Cinemateca Portuguesa, where three Career Awards were given to the film director and producer António da Cunha Teles, the filmmaker António de Macedo and the actress Isabel Ruth.^[2]

List of ceremonies

Edition	Ceremony Date	Location	Host	Best Film	Broadcast
1st	November 26, 2012	Cinemateca Portuguesa	Paulo Trancoso and Anabela Teixeira	Not awarded	Official Website
2nd	October 6, 2013	Teatro Nacional de São Carlos	José Pedro Vasconcelos	Tabu	RTP2
3rd	October 8, 2014	Centro Cultural de Belém	Ana Sofia Martins	The Last Time I Saw Macao	Official Website
4th	April 2, 2015		Cláudia Semedo	Cats Don't Have Vertigo	RTP2
5th	May 13, 2016		Ana Bola	Impossible Love
6th	March 22, 2017			Letters from War
7th	March 25, 2018	Casino Estoril	Manuel Marques	Saint George
8th	March 24, 2019		Ana Bola	Rage
9th	September 17, 2020		Ana Bola and Joana Pais de Brito	The Domain
10th	September 19, 2021		Margarida Vila-Nova and Pedro Miguel Ribeiro	Listen
11th	June 18, 2022			The Last Bath[3]
12th	May 21, 2023			Alma Viva [gl][4]

Categories

The Sophia Awards are awarded in 22 categories, with a maximum of four candidates for each.

As of 2021:

Best Film Best Director Best Original Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Documentary Feature Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Sound

Best Original Score Best Art Direction Best Characterization/Special Effects Best Costume Design Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Series/Television film Best Live Action Short Film Best Documentary Short Film Best Animated Short Film Best Trailer Best Poster

The following are also assigned:

• Sophia Art and Technique Award
• Sophia Career Award
• Sophia Student Award
  • The Sophia Student Award stands out as it gets awarded after a submission and selection phase. The main goal is to encourage future cineasts and their education institutions to share their work.^[5]

References

1. Lusa, PÚBLICO (20 December 2011). "Sophia é o nome escolhido para os prémios de cinema português". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-09.
2. "Academia Portuguesa de Cinema entrega prémio Sophia na Cinemateca Portuguesa". Espalha-Factos (in European Portuguese). 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
3. "David Bonneville :: The Last Bath". www.davidbonneville.net. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
4. "Prémios Sophia distinguem longa-metragem "Alma Viva" de Cristéle Almeida com o prémio para Melhor Filme". Observador. 22 May 2023.
5. "Sophia Estudante". Academia Portuguesa de Cinema. Retrieved 2021-09-09.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)