Universidade Lusófona
Lusófona University is a leading provider of Film and media education in Portugal with campuses in the country's two main cities: Lisbon and Oporto. Lusófona is a comprehensive university with education and research activities across several
scientific domains from health sciences to engineering, from the social sciences to business and management. Arts and Media represent a core aspect of the university activity. The University has a very strong international profile that directly derives from its mission’s focus on the development of Portuguese-speaking countries, but also the high international profile of its education, research, and innovation activities. The University's key units in the domain of CCSI include the Film and Media Arts Department and the research unit CICANT – Center for Research in Communication and Media Arts. These structures are very active across the quadruple helix in the Iberian Peninsula region and in Europe and currently promote several projects targeting CCSI development in the region and the deepening of the relations between education, research, and innovation in CCSI in Europe. The University is a member of NEB – The New European Bauhaus, an active participant in several E+, Horizon, and EIT initiatives, and the coordinator of FilmEU European University.
Lusófona has strong expertise in qualitative audiences and market analysis and development of policy tools for the film industry, regularly producing commissioned research for the Portuguese government on cultural policies. The institution was in the past responsible for several studies on local audiences' aversion to locally produced films.