National Film Agency

National Film Agency
Agência Nacional do Cinema
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 6, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-09-06)
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
Agency executive
  • Alex Braga, Chairperson
Parent departmentMinistry of Culture
Websitehttps://www.gov.br/ancine/pt-br

The National Film Agency (Portuguese: Agência Nacional do Cinema) or Ancine is an official body of the Federal Government of Brazil, provided as a regulatory agency, headquartered in Brasília, whose objective is to promote, regulate and supervise the Brazilian cinematographic and videophonographic industry. The agency was created during the presidency of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, on September 6, 2001, through Provisional Measure 2,228-1,[1] later regulated by Law 10,454 on May 13, 2002.[2] It is linked to the Ministry of Culture.

History

Ancine was created to meet a demand expressed at the Third Brazilian Film Congress (CBC), held in Porto Alegre between June 28 and July 1, 2000.[3] One of the CBC's resolutions was to support the creation, within the scope of the Federal Government, of a management body for cinematographic activity, replacing Embrafilme, which was dissolved on March 16, 1990.[3] The managing body was then created, as a regulatory agency, on September 6, 2001.[1]

During the first presidency of Lula da Silva, there were discussions to expand the powers of the agency, which would be renamed the National Film and Audiovisual Agency (Agência Nacional do Cinema e do Audiovisual; Ancinav) and also regulate the television market.[4] However, the project suffered strong criticism, mainly from broadcasting companies, and ended up being abandoned.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "ANCINE - Agência Nacional do Cinema". 2007-12-16. Archived from the original on 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  2. ^ "FHC sanciona lei que cria Agência Nacional de Cinema". Estadão On Line. 13 May 2002. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b "III CBC / Congresso Brasileiro de Cinema". Congresso Brasileiro de Cinema (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ^ http://www.cinebrasiltv.com.br/pdf/relatorio.pdf
  5. ^ "A "noite do delete", ou quando a Ancinav reduziu-se a Ancine - Observatório do Direito à Comunicação". 2012-10-17. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2024-07-25.