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The Film Rating System type holds topics that represent the various film rating systems around the world, such as the MPAA and the British Board of...
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| x name | x image | x Also Typed With | x Jurisdiction | x Film Ratings | x article |
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| x MPAA film rating system | United States | PG (USA) |
The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the U.S. and its territories to rate a film's thematic and content suitability for certain audiences. It is one of various motion picture rating systems used to help patrons...
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| x British Board of Film Classification |
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United Kingdom | UK: PG |
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for film, DVD and some video game classification within the United Kingdom.
The BBFC rates theatrically-released films, videos...
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| x Maritime Film Classification Board |
The Maritime Film Classification Board is a government organization responsible for reviewing films and granting film ratings in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (and some theatres in Newfoundland and Labrador though it is not...
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The Canadian Home Video Rating System (CHVRS) is a voluntary rating classification system applied to home video products such as VHS and DVDs. It is administered by the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association (CMPDA) and as such they appear...
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| x Media Council for Children and Young People | Denmark | 7 | |||
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| x Finnish Board of Film Classification | Finland | S |
Valtion elokuvatarkastamo (VET) is the Finnish Board of Film Classification. Its name in Swedish, the second official language of Finland, is Statens filmgranskningsbyrå (SFB).
VET/SFB is an official institution of the Finnish Ministry of Education....
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| x Ontario Film Review Board |
The Ontario Film Review Board is an agency of the government of the Canadian province of Ontario.
The board uses the following motion picture rating system for theatrical releases in the province under the Theatres Act:
Ratings used from 1960s -...
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| x British Columbia Film Classification Office |
The British Columbia Film Classification Office, part of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General in the Canadian province of British Columbia under the Motion Picture Act of BC. The BCFCO ratings are also used by Saskatchewan under the...
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| x Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) |
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Australia |
The Office of Film and Literature Classification is a statutory censorship and classification body which provides day to day administrative support for the Classification Board which classified films, video games and publications in Australia, and...
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| x Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand) |
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Government Agency | New Zealand |
The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC, Māori: Te Tari Whakaropu Tukuata, Tuhituhinga) is the government agency in New Zealand that is responsible for classification of all films, videos, publications, and some video games in New...
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| x Advisory Commission of Cinematographic Exhibition | Organization | Argentina | X |
The Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (Instituto de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales) through the Advisory Commission of Cinematographic Exhibition (Comisión Asesora de Exhibición Cinematográfica).
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| x DJCTQ |
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Brazil | 16 |
The DJCTQ, or Department of Justice, Rating, Titles and Qualification (Departamento de Justiça, Classificação, Títulos e Qualificação in Portuguese) rates movies, games and television programs in Brazil. It is controlled by the Ministry of Justice ...
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| x National Film Rating Committee (Bulgaria) | Bulgaria | X | |||
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| x Manitoba Film Classification Board | |||||
| x Régie du cinéma Québec | Province of Quebec | ||||
| x Council of Cinematographic Classification | Chile | 18 | |||
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| x Voluntary Self Regulation of the Movie Industry | Organization | Germany | FSK 12 |
The Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft (FSK, Voluntary Self Regulation of the Movie Industry) is a German motion picture rating system organisation run by the Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft (SPIO, Head Organisation of the Movie...
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| x Irish Film Censor's Office | Government Agency | Republic of Ireland | 18 |
The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) (Irish: Oifig Aicmithe Scannán na hEireann) is the organisation responsible for film and some video game classification and censorship within the Republic of Ireland. Where restrictions are placed by the...
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| x Eirin | Japan |
Eirin (映倫, Eirin) is the abbreviated name for Eiga Rinri Kanri Iinkai (映画倫理管理委員会, Eiga Rinri Kanri Iinkai ), Japan's movie regulator. Eirin was established on the model of the American Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America's...
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Company | Norway |
Medietilsynet, or the Norwegian Media Authority, is a Norwegian administrative agency under the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs charged with various tasks relating to broadcasting, newspapers and films.
The Authority's tasks include...
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| x Head Organisation of the Film Industry | Organization | SPIO/JK |
Umbrella organization for the German film industry.
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| x Colombian Ministry of Culture | Government Agency | Colombia | T |
Colombian Ministry of Culture.
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| x Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority | Hong Kong | IIA | |||
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| x SmáÍs | Iceland | 18 | |||
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| x Lembaga Sensor Film | Indonesia | R | |||
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| x Nacionālais Kino Centrs | Latvia | ||||
| x Film Censorship Board of Malaysia | Government Agency | Malaysia |
The Film Censorship Board of Malaysia is an agency of the Malaysian government that vets films. It is under the authority of the Home Ministry.
The Board was established under Film Censorship Act and was revised again under the same Act on 1 April...
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| x National Bureau of Classification | Maldives | ||||
| x General Directorate of Radio, Television and Cinematography | Mexico | ||||
| x Kijkwijzer | Netherlands | ||||
| x National Film and Video Censors Board | Nigeria | ||||
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