The National Audiovisual Institute ( Finnish : Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen instituutti ; Swedish : Nationella audiovisuella institutet or KAVI ) is a governmental bureau under the Finnish Ministry of Education responsible for supervising the distribution of audiovisual content (including video games ), advancing media education in Finland and archiving audiovisual material. The agency is tasked with maintaining and developing an online content rating system , training independent classifiers and supervising their operation.
5-592: The agency was formed in 2014 as a result of a merger between the National Audiovisual Archive (formerly Finnish Film Archive, established 1957) and the Finnish Board of Film Classification and its short-lived successor Centre for Media Education and Audiovisual Media (2012–2014). The National Audiovisual Institute organizes regular archival film screenings at the Kino Regina cinema, located since 2019 in
10-539: The Helsinki Central Library Oodi . This article related to a film organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Finnish Board of Film Classification The Finnish Board of Film Classification ( Finnish : Valtion elokuvatarkastamo ; Swedish : Statens filmgranskningsbyrå ) was an official institution of the Finnish Ministry of Education . From 1946 until
15-558: The Ministry of Education. Only material intended to be accessible to minors (those under 18 years of age) was subject to mandatory inspection before being released to the public. A proper notification was usually sufficient for adult material, but the board has the right to inspect any material suspected of violating laws or material. Until 2001, VET also inspected material intended for adult audiences and could prevent releasing it in Finland if
20-476: The board deemed it exceedingly violent . Distributors and producers could appeal against decisions of VET/SFB to the government-appointed Appeal Board. Since 2003, Finland has been a participant of the pan-European PEGI -system for rating interactive games. The Finnish Board of Film Classification had a film classification system under which films were classified into one of the following categories: A person at most two years younger (currently three years) than
25-532: The end of year 2011, the VET/SFB was responsible for inspecting and rating the content of movies and video games . In the beginning of 2012, the VET/SFB was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Finnish Centre for Media Education and Audiovisual Media ( Finnish : Mediakasvatus- ja kuvaohjelmakeskus or MEKU ; Swedish : Centralen för mediefostran och bildprogram ), likewise operating under
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