Media Play 2023, the first academic fair for multimedia projects at UA, took place on March 15th

March 22, 2023

Media Play 2023 took place on the 15th of March, between 10:30 am and 4:30 pm, at the CCCI Auditorium in the Department of Communication and Art and promoted an exhibition of the selection of the best projects by undergraduate and masters in the field of multimedia, which have been developed between 2021 and 2023, within the scope of courses taught at UA.

In the event, 44 students presented their work and 15 projects were aiming to be winners.

2Script by Rodrigo Coelho
Accessibility4Blind by Francisca Rocha Lourenço
Aventura no Espaço com a Laika by Bruna Riba, Flávio Brandão, João Neves and Tiago Paralta
Cohabit by Ângelo Santos, Flávia Silva, Henrique França, Raquel Azevedo and Vítor Silva
Composto de mudança by Dinis Antunes and Sofia Bermudez
Cultout by Flávia Silva, Simão Bentes, Vasco Silva and Vítor Silva
Eckoo by Irla Vaz, Beatriz Bastos, Bruno Flamengo, Rejane Fernandes and Ricardo Cruz
EMME by Gabriel Ribeira and Mariana Marques
És DeCá by Maria Miguel Cardoso
FlavourQuest by Cíntia Rodrigues, Miguel Teixeira, João Oliveira and Catarina Pereira
Grasshopper by Carolina Araújo, Francisco Rodrigues Pinto, Miguel Monteiro, Tiago Rebelo and Pedro Costa
Kiro by Ângelo Santos, Luís Simões and Raquel Azevedo
Officium by Ricardo Cerqueira and Tiago Marques
SAVEE by Ana Teixeira, Amarílis Dias, Edgar Quintero and Mariana Alves
Tryon by Vasco Saraiva and Jónatas Roque

Participants were able to get to know each of the projects better in two moments: (i) a creative presentation pitch (3 minutes), and (ii) the exhibition and demonstration of works that will remain open throughout the voting period.

During the day, 116 participants (including students, professors, researchers and representatives from companies) voted in the most promising projects and the winners were:

Prémio Público | Grasshopper by Carolina Araújo, Francisco Rodrigues Pinto, Miguel Monteiro, Tiago Rebelo and Pedro Costa
Prémio Academia | EMME by Gabriel Ribeira and Mariana Marques
Prémio Profissional | Cohabit by Ângelo Santos, Flávia Silva, Henrique França, Raquel Azevedo and Vítor Silva
Prémio Disruptivo | EMME by Gabriel Ribeira and Mariana Marques