President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree this Wednesday (24), to make the presence of Brazilian films in cinemas across the country mandatory. The measure regulates the Screen Quota for next year and establishes a minimum number of sessions in commercial rooms. The National Cinema Agency (Ancine) will supervise.
With the Screen Quota, there is an obligation to show national films for a minimum number of days throughout the year. The rules are basically the same as this year. Thus, the quota varies from 7.5% of annual sessions (when the exhibiting group has only one room) to up to 16% (group with 201 rooms or more).
According to the government, the standard seeks to guarantee not only the presence of Brazilian films, but also the diversity of titles, “avoiding the concentration of programming in a restricted number of productions”.
