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] 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.