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.

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).[1]

The National Audiovisual Institute organizes regular archival film screenings at the Kino Regina cinema, located since 2019 in the Helsinki Central Library Oodi.[2]

Classification system

Identifiers of Finland (KAVI)[3]
Identifier Minimum age Reference Definition
S All ages Sunified for all audiences.
7 7 years or more Suitable for people over 7 years old. Children under 7 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
12 12 years or older Suitable for people over 12 years old. Children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
16 16 years or older Suitable for people over 16 years old. Children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
18 18 years old or older Restricted to people over 18 years old. Only those over 18 years old.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen instituutti" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kino Regina tar filmer till Ode". 2 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "11/2011 - Säädökset alkuperäisinä - FINLEX ®". Ikärajat (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 October 2018.


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