Sophia Awards | |
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Current: 2021 Sophia Awards | |
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]