Embrafilme

Empresa Brasileira de Filmes S.A.

Company type	State-owned
Industry	Film
Founded	September 12, 1969 (1969-09-12)
Defunct	March 16, 1990 (1990-03-16)
Fate	Dissolved under the National Privatization Program
Parent	Government of Brazil

Embrafilme (in full: Empresa Brasileira de Filmes S.A.) was a Brazilian state-owned company created on September 12, 1969 for production, funding and distribution of Brazilian movies. The company was dissolved on March 16, 1990 by the National Privatization Program, launched by the government of President Fernando Collor.^[1]

Currently, the regulatory and financing functions of the Brazilian audiovisual sector are maintained by Ancine [pt], a federal agency created in 2001. The distribution area is now the responsibility of the private sector.^[2]

See also

• Cinema of Brazil
• Rhodesia Television - A Zimbabwean broadcasting company that also closed down in response to change in political direction.

References

1. http://www2.camara.leg.br/camaranoticias/radio/materias/REPORTAGEM-ESPECIAL/348420-ESPECIAL-CINEMA-3--CRISE-COM-O-FIM-DA-EMBRAFILME-E-RETOMADA-A-PARTIR-DE-1995(08'12 ^{[dead link‍]}
2. "A partir de 2002, Ancine ocupou espaço vago com o fim da Embrafilme". 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

External links

• Embrafilme at IMDb
• Embrafilme creation Law
• Ancine Page
• Cinemabrasileiro.net, web about Brazilian cinema