Main goals

To help develop a sustainable and competitive audiovisual industry in Brazil, working across production, distribution and exhibition;

To encourage wide public access to Brazilian audiovisual content in Brazil and in foreign markets, and to promote the offer of a diverse range of foreign audiovisual content to Brazilian audiences;

To strengthen independent and regional production in Brazil, and consequently tap into diversity;

To increase the participation of Brazilian audiovisual content in ancillary markets – home video, open and pay-per-view TV, Internet, cell phones and new media.

Main roles & functions

To foster the audiovisual industry’s development, especially through mechanisms of financial support;

To issue the Certificado de Produto Brasileiro (“Certificate of Brazilian Product”) to national audiovisual contents; and licenses for their exhibition in all segments of the market;

To collect a tax called CONDECINE (“Contribution to the Development of the National Film Industry”), which is the main source of the Audiovisual Sector Fund - FSA;

To combat audiovisual piracy;

To monitor and ensure compliance with the legislation in force as well as to impose fees and sanctions;

To regulate the development of the Brazilian audiovisual industry, while respecting freedom of thought and expression;

To ensure the presence of Brazilian films in international festivals;

To authorize filming in Brazil by foreign crews;

To gather and analyze data concerning the overall audiovisual market and each of its segments with a view to developing regulatory policies;

To interact and exchange information with film institutes from other countries;

To develop and review international co-production treaties in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

To encourage international co-productions.