Academia Portuguesa de Cinema

The Portuguese Academy of Cinema is a cultural association without profit organization created with the purpose of supporting the Portuguese cinema in all its diversity and promote nationally and internationally the Portuguese cinematography.

The various objectives of the Academy are: To promote the development of arts and film sciences; Foster the training, qualification and develpoment of its members; Assign annual awards for the best films and performances in various professional categories of cinematographic activity. Above all, the Academy seeks in its various actions to approach the Portuguese cinema of the Portuguese. The Sophia Awards, the ceremony of the Portuguese film awards are held annually since 2013.