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.