Basic Facts
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Year of Foundation:
1998
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Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:
2008
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Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:
1998
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Agency (-ies) Who Awarded the State Accreditation:
A3ES – Agência Nacional para a Acreditação e Avaliação do Ensino
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Name of Director (Rector, Dean, Head of School):
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manuel José Damásio
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Address:
Campo Grande, 376
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Country:
Portugal
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Website:
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Points of Contact
CILECT Contact Person:Director Film and Multimedia Department: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manuel José DamásioEmail:mjdamasio@ulusofona.ptCILECT Contact Person:Inês SantaTelephone:+351 217 515 500Email:isanta@ulusofona.pt
Mission & Strategy
Universidade Lusófona assumes itself as the leading provider of film and media education in Portugal and an active participant in the European training and research landscape in all these areas.
The film and media arts department at Universidade Lusófona is committed to providing hands-on specialized skill training, to foster individual and collaborative creative growth, and to serve as a testing ground for the application of emerging film and media technologies. Our department promotes both initial, continuous and advance training in the different areas of film and media creation and development, besides actively being engaged in several research projects with partners and
organizations at a national and international level. The film and media arts department offers state of the art facilities and equipments in the midst of a vibrant environment that nourishes our students talent and their strive for creative and technical fulfillment. The department and the students’ productions are regularly funded by the Portuguese Film Institute (ICA) and the university is a full member of CILECT – Centre International de Liaison des Écoles de Cinéma et de Televisión and GEECT – Groupe European de Écoles de cinema et television, besides being accredited by the EU for the provision of initial and continuous training namely via its Eramus Mundus Masters: Kino Eyes and DocNomads.
Degree Areas
Visual Arts
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
4349,40€ per year
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Non-Residents
4349,40€ per year
Number of Students
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Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
59 (18/41)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
75 (20/55)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
75 (20/55)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
13 (3/10)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
52 (15/37)
Admission Requirements
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Portfolio & Interview
No information
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Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
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High Institution Matriculation
Yes
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Recognized Prior Expertise
No information
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Talent Entrance Exams
Yes
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
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Art Installations/Exibitions
3 (group exhibitions)
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Other (please specify)
Artists books - +30 (one exemplar each)
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
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Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Sound Production and Technology
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Degree Awarded
Master
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
4430€
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Non-Residents
4430€
Number of Students
-
Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
19 (17/2)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
17 (16/1)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
17 (16/1)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
3 (3/0)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
8 (7/1)
Admission Requirements
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Portfolio & Interview
Yes
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Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
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High Institution Matriculation
Yes
-
Recognized Prior Expertise
Yes
-
Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
-
Theoretical Research
5
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Other (please specify)
Sound Art - 2; Sound Programming - 2; Experimental sound interfaces - 2; Sound Design -1; Sound Recording, Mixing and Mastering - 2; Sound Walks - 1
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
Yes
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
-
Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Sound Science and Technology
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
4521€
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Non-Residents
4521€
Number of Students
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Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
52 (47/5)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
62 (56/6)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
62 (56/6)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
7 (7/0)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
82 (73/9)
Admission Requirements
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Portfolio & Interview
No information
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
-
High Institution Matriculation
Yes
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Recognized Prior Expertise
No information
-
Talent Entrance Exams
Yes
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
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Fiction Short Films (under 5 min.)
5
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TV Series (Drama/Sitcom) Episodes
2
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Other (please specify)
Sound Art - 2; Sound Programming - 2; Experimental sound interfaces - 2; Sound Design -5; Sound Recording, Mixing and Mastering - 5; Sound Walks - 1
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
-
Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Film Studies
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Degree Awarded
Master
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
4060,80€
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Non-Residents
4060,80€
Number of Students
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Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
29 (11/18)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
18 (5/13)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
18 (5/13)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
9 (3/5)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
46 (12/34)
Admission Requirements
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Portfolio & Interview
Yes
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Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
-
High Institution Matriculation
Yes
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Recognized Prior Expertise
Yes
-
Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
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Documentary Films (under 30 min)
2
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Art Installations/Exibitions
1
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Theoretical Research
7
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Other (please specify)
5 (screenplays of Features Films)
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
Yes
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
600€
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Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
150€
Digital Animation
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
4831,20€
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Non-Residents
4831,20€
Number of Students
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Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
105 (51/54)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
135 (71/64)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
135 (71/64)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
13 (5/8)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
194 (87/107)
Admission Requirements
-
Portfolio & Interview
No information
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
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High Institution Matriculation
Yes
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Recognized Prior Expertise
No information
-
Talent Entrance Exams
Yes
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
-
Documentary Films (under 30 min)
7
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Experimental Films
5 (animation)
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
-
Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Cinema and Media Arts
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
4943,40€
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Non-Residents
4943,40€
Number of Students
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Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
153 (64/89)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
256 (107/149)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
256 (107/149)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
29 (14/15)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
786 (300/486)
Admission Requirements
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Portfolio & Interview
No information
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
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High Institution Matriculation
Yes
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Recognized Prior Expertise
No information
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Talent Entrance Exams
Yes
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
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Fiction Short Films (under 5 min.)
5
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Fiction Short Films (5-15 min.)
1
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Documentary Films (under 30 min)
1
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Documentary Films (30-60 min)
1
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Computer Animation Films
1
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Experimental Films
1
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TV Series (Drama/Sitcom) Episodes
2
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TV Shows (Reality, Game, Talk, Info, etc.)
1
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TV Commercials
1
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Music Videos
1
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Interactive Media Applications
1
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Art Installations/Exibitions
1
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Theoretical Research
6
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Historical Research
2
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Critical Reviews
10
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Project Portfolios
1
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
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Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
11400€
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Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
750€
Photography
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
-
Residents
4521€
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Non-Residents
4521€
Number of Students
-
Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
27 (18/9)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
46 (19/27)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
46 (19/27)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
4 (3/1)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
92 (40/52)
Admission Requirements
-
Portfolio & Interview
No information
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
-
High Institution Matriculation
Yes
-
Recognized Prior Expertise
No information
-
Talent Entrance Exams
Yes
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
-
Art Installations/Exibitions
2
-
Theoretical Research
2
-
Historical Research
1
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Critical Reviews
8
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Journalistic Materials
1
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Project Portfolios
5
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
-
Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
2000€
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Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Videogames
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
4765,20€
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Non-Residents
4765,20€
Number of Students
-
Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
89 (67/22)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
102 (82/20)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
102 (82/20)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
10 (7/3)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
119 (103/16)
Admission Requirements
-
Portfolio & Interview
No information
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
-
High Institution Matriculation
Yes
-
Recognized Prior Expertise
No information
-
Talent Entrance Exams
Yes
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
-
Interactive Media Applications
8
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Theoretical Research
Game studies research
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Historical Research
Game Studies
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Journalistic Materials
Games Reviews
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Project Portfolios
Game Art 2D/3D
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Other (please specify)
Game / Vertical Slice - 3; Game Final Project – 1; VR Game/Application - 1; Ctrl Alt Game - 2; Inclusive Game -1; Game Design Document - 6
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
-
Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
-
Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Fashion Design and Production
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
-
Residents
4831,20€
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Non-Residents
4831,20€
Number of Students
-
Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
194 (44/150)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
113 (16/97)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
113 (16/97)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
11 (2/9)
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Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
0
Admission Requirements
-
Portfolio & Interview
No information
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
No information
-
High Institution Matriculation
Yes
-
Recognized Prior Expertise
Yes
-
Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese
Student Practical Work Obligations
-
Project Portfolios
1
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Other (please specify)
1 fashion collection per student
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
-
Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
-
Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Media Art and Communication
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Degree Awarded
PhD
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
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Residents
3425,40€
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Non-Residents
3425,40€
Number of Students
-
Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
29 (13/16)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
18 (14/14)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
18 (14/14)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
18 (8/10)
-
Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
0
Admission Requirements
-
Portfolio & Interview
Yes
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
-
High Institution Matriculation
Yes
-
Recognized Prior Expertise
Yes
-
Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
English
Student Practical Work Obligations
-
Interactive Media Applications
1
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Art Installations/Exibitions
2
-
Theoretical Research
yes
-
Historical Research
yes
-
Project Portfolios
1
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
Yes
Budget Parameters
-
Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
-
Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Game Design and Playable Media
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Degree Awarded
Master
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
-
Residents
3506€
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Non-Residents
3506€
Number of Students
-
Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
19 (14/5)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
18 (11/7)
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Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
18 (11/7)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
7 (5/2)
-
Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
0
Admission Requirements
-
Portfolio & Interview
Yes
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
-
High Institution Matriculation
Yes
-
Recognized Prior Expertise
Yes
-
Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese/ English
Student Practical Work Obligations
-
Interactive Media Applications
2
-
Theoretical Research
Game studies research
-
Historical Research
Game Studies
-
Project Portfolios
Game Art 2D/3D
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Other (please specify)
Game / Vertical Slice – 3; Game Final Project – 1 (optional); VR Game/Application – 1 (optional); Ctrl Alt Game - 2; Escape Room Game -2; Paper Writing - 3
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
Yes
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Written Thesis
Yes
Budget Parameters
-
Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
-
Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Fashion Design and Production
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Degree Awarded
Master
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Training Type
Full-Time
Tuition Fees
-
Residents
4060,80€
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Non-Residents
4060,80€
Number of Students
-
Applicants (Male/Female/Other)
13 (2/11)
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Enrolled Students (Male/Female/Other)
6 (2/4)
-
Students Total (Male/Female/Other)
6 (2/4)
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International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
3 (2/1)
-
Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)
0
Admission Requirements
-
Portfolio & Interview
Yes
-
Agreements with Foreign Governments
Yes
-
High Institution Matriculation
Yes
-
Recognized Prior Expertise
Yes
-
Talent Entrance Exams
No information
Language of Studies
-
Language of Studies
Portuguese/English
Student Practical Work Obligations
Graduation Obligations per Student
-
Practical Work
No information
-
Written Thesis
No information
Budget Parameters
-
Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually
-
Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student
Key Teaching Staff
Sandra Ramos
Has a degree in Equipment Design and a Animation Directing course from La Poudrière. She teaches at the Digital Animation Degree in Universidade Lusófona curriculum units about Drawing and Traditional Animation Techniques.
Soraia Vasconcelos
Studied Painting, Photography and Philosophy. PhD in Visual Arts by the University of Algarve (2014), supported by a grant from FCT. Graduated from the Fine Arts College of Lisbon (2002), realizing a Technical Photography course at ETIC (2002). She holds a postgraduate degree in Digital Imaging at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2004) and a Postgraduate degree in Philosophy – Aesthetics from the New University of Lisbon (2010).
Maintains since 2000 a continuous artistic activity, performing solo and group exhibitions in various galleries and institutions and participating in artist residencies. In 2005 she was selected to participate in the 1st edition of the Photography Course of the Gulbenkian Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme, from which originates, in 2006, the photographers collective DOZE, with whom she develops work in the areas of photography and editing, including the project “Paisagem e Povoamento” (Landscape and Settlement). In 2007, she is hosted by INEB (Porto) in the Residency Program: Art, Science and Technology (DGArtes / Ciência Viva). In 2008 she receives the Young Creators grant of Centro Nacional de Cultura.
In 2011, due to a growing interest in drawing and printing techniques, she joins Contraprova – Printmaking Workshop. In 2013 co-organizes the artist residency program, Replica – Reflection on Contemporary Printmaking, with Margarida Palma of Oficina Bartolomeu Santos (OBS) in Tavira. In 2014 she becomes a member of the the board at OBS.
Victor Candeias
Victor Candeias holds a Master in Film Studies and has been both a producer and a director for short films, documentaries and commercial videos since 1990. Some of his films received awards, including the “D. Quijote” for the short “Night Story”.
He published a book on the subject of documentary scriptwriting and filmmaking in 2003.
He is a regular lecturer on documentary and fiction subjects at the film graduating course of Lusófona University since 2001.
Victor Flores
Victor Flores holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from Universidade Nova de Lisboa since 2009. He is a Associate Professor at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias where he lectures ‘Visual Culture’, ‘Social History of Technical Images’, ‘Methods in Image Analysis’ and ‘Cultural Programming’. He is a member of the Research Center in Communication, Art and New Technologies (CICANT) and heads the Masters Program in Cultural Programming and Management. He has published books such as ‘The Technical Images and its Beliefs’ (Vega, 2012), ‘Minimalism and Post-Minimalism: Form, Anti-Form and Body in the Work of Robert Morris’ (Labcom, 2007). He heads the scientific research project ‘Stereo Visual Culture. The Visual Culture of Portuguese Stereoscopic Photography’ funded by the Portuguese National Foundation for Science and Technology in 2012.
Margarida Cardoso
The documentaries “Natal 71/Christmas 71” and “Kuxa Kanema -The Birth of Cinema “, and the feature films “The Murmuring Coast” and “Yvone Kane” are amongst her best known films, and all relate to her experience in colonial and post-colonial Portuguese Africa.
Her films where screened in many festivals, such as Rotterdam, Venice, and Locarno where she was given the award “Leopard de Demain” in 1999. In 2005, Margarida Cardoso received the title of Commander of the Order of Prince Henry for her contribution towards spreading Portuguese culture.
Manuel José Damásio
Research Awards/Project coordination:
– (2015/2018) H2020 – 652643-Respon-SEA-ble literacy. (coord. Portugal)/3.696,644€
– (2014/2021) Kino Eyes – The European Movie Masters. Erasmus + ref. 553676-EPP-1-2014-1-PT-EPPKA1-JMD-MOB/ 2.053,000€
Other Professional Activities/Consultancy/Memberships:
-2013/…: Evaluator of the National Agency for the LLP – Lifelong Learning Programme, EU
-2014/2017: GEECT/CILECT– Groupe Europeen des Ecoles de Cinema et Television executive committee member
-2013/…: Member of the evaluation panel of the Portuguese Film Institute.
-2009/2017: Vice-president of ECREA – European communication research and education association’s “Television Studies” section.
Publications
– Damásio, Manuel José; Henriques, Sara; Torres da Silva, Marisa; Pacheco, Liliana, & Brites, Maria José (2015), “Between Old Broadcast Media and New Networked Media: Materiality and Media Consumption Practices”. International Journal of Communication 9 (2015), 1–20. ISSN: 1932–8036/20150005
– Damásio, Manuel José; Henriques, Sara; Teixeira-Botelho, Inês; Dias, Patrícia (2015 – forthcoming), “M-internet – Convergence or divergence? The standpoint of Industry and Users” in Lugmayr, Artur, Dal Zotto, Cinzia (Eds.), Media Convergence Handbook – Vol. 1: Journalism, Broadcasting, and Social Media Aspects of Convergence, Series: Media Business and Innovation, Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-642-54483-5
– Mackert, M., Champlin, S. E., Holton, A., Muñoz, I. I. and Damásio, M. J. (2014), “eHealth and Health Literacy: A Research Methodology Review”. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19: 516–528. Cambridge: Willey. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12044
– Álvares, C. and Damásio, M. J. (2013), ‘Introducing social capital into the “polarized pluralist” model: The different contexts of press politicization in Portugal and Spain’, International Journal of Iberian Studies, 26: 3,pp. 133–153, doi: 10.1386/ijis.26.3.133_1M
– Damásio, M, Henriques, S, Botelho, I & Dias, P (2013), “Mobile Intern
Célia Quico
General coordinator and researcher of the project “ADOPT_DTV: barriers to the adoption of digital television the transition from analogue television to digital context “(PTDC / CCI-COM / 102576/2008);
Researcher and co-author of the project iDTV-HEALTH: inclusive services to promote health and well-being via interactive digital television “(UTA-Est / May / 0012/2009);
Responsible for organizing the international conference “EuroiTV 2011”, held in Lisbon, from 29 June to 1 July 2011, the Lusófona University and Instituto Superior e Ciência do Trabalho e da Empresa.
Executive Coordinator of the ECREA Conference 2014 website (European Communication Research and Education Association), which took place in Lisbon from 12 to 15 November 2014, organized by Universidade Lusófona.
Antonio Cardoso
– [Condicionamento], 2013. Série fotográfica. Museu da Cidade, Lisboa
– SOLOS, 2010. Série fotográfica. Galeria Vieira da Silva, Loures
– Spam, 2007. Série fotográfica. Shoreditch Town Hall, Londres, Reino Unido
– Café Sintra-London, 2007. Série fotográfica. Gallery West, Londres, Reino Unido
– Por linhas tortas, 2006. Curta-metragem. Ovarvídeo, Ovar.
– Flow, now was once the future, 2005. Video-arte. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm, Kassel, Alemanha
New staff
Grande Entrevista CR7 Manchester, Miss Portugal 1998, XXXIV
Festival RTP da Canção, Sésamo Street
Luís Silva
Millennium Fellowship Award (UK), PhD scholarship from FCT (Portugal), ICA grant to direct a documentary (Portugal), Founding director of UTOPIA – UK Portuguese Film Festival (UK) and Underscore – Festival of Music, Sound, Moving Image and Archive (Portugal)
Érica Faleiro Rodrigues
Luís Cláudio Ribeiro is professor of Sound Studies and head of Communication Sciences Department at Lusófona University, in Lisbon. PhD in Communication Sciences, develops research activity in the field of media epistemology and sound. His recent publications focus on the medium, identification and characterization of changes by the use of sound mediators in contemporary society: O Mundo é uma Paisagem Devastada pela Harmonia (Lisboa: Vega, 2011) e O Som Moderno – Novas formas de criação e escuta (Lisboa: Edições Lusófonas, 2011).). He is the main investigator of the project Lisbon SoundMap, supported by the Portuguese Government (FCT): https://www.lisbonsoundmap.org and https://lisbonsoundmap.wordpress.com/. In addition to the academic activity, he is also a poet and novelist. The most recent books are Sucede no entanto que o Outono veio (Lisboa: 2013) and Um Jardim Abandonado que Desbota (Lisboa:2014).
Luís Cláudio Ribeiro
· Author of the book: “The Video Re(E)VOLUTION on the Cinema and TV” (November 2014), Edições Lusófonas. Lisboa
· TV Concerts Três Cantos – José Maria Branco, Sergio Godinho e Fausto; Espetáculo do Amor- Paulo de Carvalho; Paulo Flores; Rodrigo Leão; OPTIMUS Alive; NOS Alive.
· TV Shows: Lusavox Festival; 7 Wonders of Portuguese origin in the World; The First Look; Festival da Canção (National Song Contest); Gatos Fedorentos; Dance with Me; Prémios Sophia 2015 (Portuguese Cinema awards); Gala SPA 2013 e 2015 (Portuguese Authors awards).
·TV Games Shows: Duel; Double Game;
Júlio Barata
Jorge Paixão da Costa is a Film and Tv Director and Teacher at Universidade Lusófona. He is an author of more than 25 cinematographic works and an important reference in Cinema and Tv in Portugal.
Jorge Paixão da Costa
Gonçalo Galvão Teles graduated from the University of Lisbon with a Law Degree before traveling to the United States to complete the Master’s Program in Screenwriting at the prestigious University of Southern California (USC). Upon returning to Portugal, his first produced screenplay, the animated short “The Suspicion”, went on to win the Cartoon D’Or for Best European Animation of the year 2000. Since then, Gonçalo has developed a career as writer, director and producer of more than twenty films. He is a full professor at the film department at Universidade Lusófona.
Gonçalo Galvão Teles
Teacher at the Film, Video and Multimedia degree at Universidade Lusófona in the areas of digital intermediate and edition. Professional editor and image composer.
Filipe Vale
In 1992, he graduated from the Art University of Lisbon (ESBAL) with a degree in Plastic Arts – Painting and he studied drawing and puppets animation in Lazenec-Bretagne/ Rennes and in Filmógrafo/ Porto in 1993/4. He directed different animated short films since 1995. With the film “The Suspect” he won numerous prizes including the Cartoon D’Or 2000. In 2007 he found with two friends the animation production company Sardinha em Lata. In the last few years he directed the short animated film “Journey To Cape Verde” based in his personal illustrated journal, developed a TV series project for children named “Dodu the cardboard boy” and he recently finished is 26’ live action and animation film “Christmas wrapping paper” . He is currently working on “Nayola”, an animated feature film that for the first time in Portugal is funded by a national fund. Simultaneously, he illustrates children’s picture books and he teaches animation in Portugal and abroad. He has also teach at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.
José Miguel Ribeiro
Finished his studies in architecture because of his passion for animation and moved to London, where he graduated from the Royal College of Art.
His first film “Tale of the Cat and the Moon” premiered in Cannes in 1996 and was awarded by 15 various international prizes.
Pedro Serrazina
Director of the Digital Animation degree and Master in Animation Arts in Universidade Lusófona. He teaches in the following degrees: Film, Photography, Plastic Arts and Digital Animation. Has a Film PhD and many publications about film in Portugal, Spain and Brazil.
Paulo Viveiros
Director of the Photography Degree. Besides teaching in the Photography degree, she teaches in Film and Plastic Arts. Has a PhD in Film.
Musical producer, sound designer, director and founder of the sound and image production company DMIX. He is currently a film studies master in Universidade Lusófona and teaches in the Film, Sound and Science Technology and Digital Animation degree.
Elvis Veiguinha
Director of many animation films. He’s an Alumni in film studies of Universidade Lusófona. He’s one of the founders of Sardinha em Lata, a portuguese animation production company that has many animation works. He also directs and produces most of Sardinha em Lata works.
Nuno Beato
He’s Director and teacher of the Performative Arts degree.
Has a master in Communication Sciences. Was a member of Theater Company D. Maria II in Lisbon between 1979 and 2001. As an actor has participated in almost 50 projects, mostly tv series.
Teacher in the Digital Animation degree in Universidade Lusófona. He is one of the founders of IrmaLucia, a company dedicated to post-production in video with more than 60 projects in their portfolio.
Carlos Almeida
Catarina is an Artist, researcher in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies at Centre of Studies in Communication and Languages and teacher at Universidade Lusófona. Has a PhD in Communication Sciences and her research was granted with a fellowship provided by Foundation for Science and Technology (2014).
Catarina Patrício Leitão
Edmundo Cordeiro is Associate Professor and currently Professor of «Analysis of Cinematographic Discourse» and «Film Theory Issues». He holds a PhD in Communications Sciences/Film Theory, and did post-doctoral studies on the work of Canadian and Portuguese filmmakers.
Among others publications, he is the author of «Actos de Cinema», on the film aesthetics of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
Edmundo Cordeiro
Has a degree in Production and Music Technologies and a Master in Architectural Acoustics. Teaches in the Sound Science and Technology degree at Universidade Lusófona.
Francisco Santiago
Hedisson is concluding his PhD in acoustics and music technology. He’s a music producer and composer for tv content and advertisements.
Hedisson Mota
Has a PhD in Public Art and is a teacher in the Plastic Arts degree at Universidade Lusófona.
Inês Marques
Researcher in CICANT and co-coordinator of MovLab www.movlab.ulusofona.pt. His specialiity is in biomechanics.
João Abrantes
Teacher in Universidade Lusófona in the Performative Arts degree and Film studies master and part of the ECATI board. Responsible for the Masters program in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies. Head researcher of the project “Trends on Network Culture in Portugal” (2002-2006), funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. He has authored several essays and books on cultural, political and aesthetical subjects, namely: Corpo e Imagem, Annablume, São Paulo, Brasil, 2008; Envios: Uma experimentação Filosófica na Internet, Lisboa, Século XXI, 2008; O Ardor da Arte, Lisboa, Editorial Caminho, 2006; Queda sem Fim, Lisboa, Vega, 2006; Teoria da Cultura, Lisboa, Século XXI, 2002; Identidade/Identidades, Porto, ADECAP, 2002; Traços. Ensaios de Crítica da Cultura, Lisboa, Vega, 1998; Modernidade e Política, Lisboa, Colibri, 1997; Analítica da Actualidade, Lisboa, Vega, 1994.
José Bragança de Miranda
Teacher in the Film, Videogames and Digital Animation degrees.
Has a PhD in Painting from the Fine Arts Faculty in Portugal. She’s the Director of the Plastic Arts degree and had numerous expositions in Portugal and some in Brazil under the pseudonym Ema M.
Margarida Penetra Prieto
Conceição Costa holds a PhD in Communication Sciences – Media Studies, from FCSH-UNL (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), a Master in Multimedia Communication (Lusófona University) and a Master of Arts in Business Communication and Public Relations from the European University. Her main research interests are children and media, media literacy and interaction design. She is also a Certified Usability Analyst from Human Factors International (USA). Currently she is an Assistant Professor at Lusófona University and a Researcher at CICANT, in Lisbon, Portugal. As a lecturer she teaches Interaction Design at several bachelor degrees at ECATI, Marketing in Information Technologies (MSc in Computer Engineering) and Communication and Technology in the PhD in Communication Sciences. She is the Principal Investigator of GAMILearning, a research project about digital games for media and information literacy, funded by FCT (with Universidade de Aveiro, Austin-Texas University and SAPO-PT). Since 2010, she has been a member of the COST Action ISO906 WG1: “New Media Genres, Media Literacy, and Trust in the Media” and has been involved in several European publications about media literacy and media education.
Maria da Conceição Costa
For many years was Senior Management Consultant at Zon Multimedia. He’s a founder of the Cintra & Leal company, responsible for the launch of pay TV in Portugal.
Nuno Cintra Torres
Teacher in the Photography degree at Universidade Lusófona. He’s a visual artist, independent curator and cultural mediator. Has regular expositions since 1999.
Orlando Franco
Pedro has a range of skills in 3D animation, motion graphics and graphic design. He’s a nuclear element in the Reactiva Lab project, a group of people dedicated to providing high quality services in the areas of Communication and Creative Industries from 3D Animation and Motion Media Design to Graphic Design and Web Design.
Pedro Sousa
Author of many novels, short stories and soap operas. He has also directed a few films. His works have been translated to many languages, being object of university thesis and adaptations.
Possidónio Cachapa
Teacher in the Photography and Film degree at Universidade Lusófona. Rodrigo Peixoto (Lisbon, 1974) is a photographer since 1999, when he finished is photography course at Ar.Co. In that year he was awarded a scholarship by the FLAD (Luso-American Foundation for Development), which allowed him to study at SVA (School of Visual Arts) in New York City. In 2010 he finished his Master degree in Fine Arts at ESAD, IPL. He has been exhibiting his work since 1999 in several individual and group shows, and his photo works are present in some of the major portuguese public collections such has PLMJ, EDP and BES Art.
Rodrigo Peixoto
Filipe Luz
Successful Graduates
André Gonçalves
One of his biggest success so far was one of his works being featured in Photoburst at NASA (in Epod, a service by NASA’s Earth Science Division) as picture of the day. He also had a picture on the Portuguese National Geographic paper publication in the “your shot” section.
Filipe Fonseca
The animated short “The Fan and the Lamp” directed while he was a second year student in the Digital Animation Degree had numerous screenings at festivals and won many prizes, one of them was at the Animation film festival in Lisbon “Monstra”. The graduation film “Alda”, where he was one of the Directors, also had many screenings and awards, with special reference to Animation Sophia 2014, the Portuguese Oscars.
Hugo Maher
Has been working as editor and promos producer in Sony Pictures Entertainment, SIC (Portugal) and he’s currently a Producer in London for Vubiquity.
Ana Sofia Penaforte
While studying she was one of the best photography monitors the Photography degree ever had. She is currently working at Photo Studio by Ricardo Martins, a Portuguese photographer and teacher in the Photography Degree.
Daniel Camalhão
Founder of the Portuguese record label “Sons of the Rave”, Daniel was always a bright student and was one of the first Alumni in Sound Science and Technology. He is also audio content producer and owner/manager of Heavy Load Recordings.
Leandro Ferrão
Has been working mostly as a Cinematographer in short films, music video clips, documentaries and tv spots. He’s a member of AIP, the Portuguese Image Association.
Luís Lobo
Luís was one of the best editor monitors the Film degree ever had. He’s currently working for Discovery Communications making promotional videos. He recently won a World Gold Medal and a Silver Medal in New York Festivals Television & Film Awards.
Has been working as a cinematographer and camera operator since he graduated in Film. He recently worked as video assist in “24” and “Exodus: Gods and Kings”.
Sérgio Dias
A Film Alumni, since he graduated he’s been improving his 3D animation skills acquired during his time in Universidade Lusófona. He is currently working for Sony Pictures Imageworks on the soon to be released Angry Birds movie.
Rafael Antunes
His graduation film degree “O Tenente” and the transmedia film thesis in film studies master “Lápis Azul” have been awarded in many occasions. “Lápis Azul” was in Cinema Theaters for a few weeks which proves the quality of the project. Has been working in SIC, a private TV channel in Portugal.
Filipe Henriques
Filipe has been successful since graduating from the Film Degree. One of his biggest success so far is the feature film “The Thorne of The Rose”, 2013. He also directed a few music clips and shorts..
Inês Santa
Inês has a Bachelor’s degree in Film Studies and Art History from Middlesex University and another one in Film, Video and Multimedia Communication from Universidade Lusófona. Inês worked as a Production Assistant in Costa do Castelo Filmes and Galeria Luís Serpa. She also reviewed film scripts at Stopline. She’s been working mainly as Pedagogical Coordinator in the Film & Media Arts Department at Universidade Lusófona for almost ten years and is one of the main reasons of the Department growth and success in the recent years.
Júlio Barata
Besides being an Alumni from the film degree, Júlio is a teacher at the degree from which he graduated. He’s been working at the Portuguese Radio Television for many years and he’s currently the responsible of the Production and Directing department of that Tv Station. He’s the author of the book: “The Video Re(E)VOLUTION on the Cinema and TV” (November 2014), Edições Lusófonas. Lisboa.
Henrique Bento
After graduating from the Film degree Henrique started teaching Photography in the Film degree. In the meantime he also directed short movies and worked as a freelance photographer.
Alexandre Guedes
Has been working for wTVision since 2005 as Production Team Leader, Training & Knowledge Leader, Operations Manager and Project Manager.
Raquel Laranjo
While studying in the Film degree Raquel was always interested in the Art Department. In her graduation film “Romeo & Juliet – The Musical”, which she co-writed, she was the Art Director. Later that year the film was awarded at “Prémios Zon” as the best short film and as best project, winning a total prize of one hundred thousand euros.
Since that time she’s been working as Art Director, Make up Artist and Photographer. For the last 4 years she’s been mostly an art department assistant for tv advertising.
Most recently she was the make up artist of the feature film “Capitão Falcão”.