The short film Estou Aqui, created by students from the Master's Degree Programme in Audiovisual and Multimedia at the School of Communication and Media Studies (ESCS) of the Polytechnic University of Lisbon (UPL), has been nominated in two categories at the Sophia Student Awards, organised by the Portuguese Film Academy. The film, the only ESCS production nominated in this edition, is competing in the Best Short Film – Master's and PhD and Best Poster categories.

Directed by Ana Rita Martins, Estou Aqui was developed during the 2024/2025 academic year as part of the Course Units Audiovisual Communication: Concept Development and Audiovisual Communication: Development, under the supervision of lecturers Nélia Cruz, Pedro Lopes and Gonçalo Madaíl.

The short film has been featured at national and international film festivals and recently competed in the Best Portuguese Horror Short Film category at MOTELx – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, held at Cinema São Jorge.

The production team behind Estou Aqui included Luís Barros Cardoso as producer, Júlio Antunes as director of photography, André Quendera as camera operator and editor, and Adelaide Scarlatti as art director and assistant producer.

The two nominations at the Sophia Student Awards recognise the work developed by ESCS students and highlight the practical nature of the School's academic programmes, which encourage the creation of audiovisual projects in an academic environment and their presentation within professional circuits.