National Audiovisual Institute (Finland)

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The National Audiovisual Institute (

, 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

• Elävän kuvan museo
• Elonet
• Television content rating systems § Finland
• Watershed (broadcasting) § Finland

References

External links

• Official website
• Rating information