Pursuant to Provisional Measure No. 2,228-1, of September 6, 2001, for a period of twenty years, cinemas had to exhibit a quota of Brazilian cinematographic works according to rules fixed annually by decree of the federal government. 
On 15 January 2024, Law Nº 14.815 entered into force. It extends the application of the above provisions establising screen quotas for Brazilian cinematographic works  until 2033. For the purposes of the OECD FDIRRI, it is assumed no interruption in the application of such policy.
"Art. 1 This Law provides for audiovisual communication with conditioned access.
Single paragraph. Sound and sound and image broadcasting services are excluded from the scope of this Law, except for the provisions set forth in this Law that expressly mention these services or their providers.
Art. 2 For the purposes of this Law, it is considered: [...]
VIII - Brazilian Content: audiovisual content produced in accordance with the criteria established in item V of art. 1 of Provisional Measure No. 2,228-1, of September 6, 2001; [...]
XVIII - Brazilian Producer: company that produces audiovisual content that meets the following conditions, cumulatively:
a) be incorporated under Brazilian law;
b) have headquarters and administration in the country;
c) 70% (seventy percent) of the total and voting capital must be owned, directly or indirectly, by native Brazilians or those naturalized for more than 10 (ten) years;
d) the management of the company's activities and the editorial responsibility for the content produced must be exclusive to native Brazilians or those naturalized for more than 10 (ten) years; [...]
XXI - Brazilian Programmer: programming company that performs its programming activities in Brazilian territory and that cumulatively meets the conditions set forth in items "a" to "c" of item XVIII of this article and whose management, editorial responsibility and selection of the contents of the programming channel are private to native Brazilians or those who have been naturalized for more than 10 (ten) years;
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CHAPTER IV - CONTENT PRODUCTION, PROGRAMMING AND PACKAGING
Art. 9 The production, programming and packaging activities are free for companies incorporated under Brazilian laws and with headquarters and administration in the country. [...]
Art. 10. The management, editorial responsibility and selection and direction activities inherent to programming and packaging are exclusive to native Brazilians or those who have been naturalized for more than 10 (ten) years.[...]
§ 3 For the purpose of complying with the provisions of Chapter V, Ancine may request from the programmer documents proving that the content shown is Brazilian, including the Brazilian Product Certificate, in the cases referred to in Provisional Measure No. September 6, 2001.
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CHAPTER V - BRAZILIAN CONTENT
Art. 16. In qualified space channels, at least 3h30 (three hours and thirty minutes) per week of content broadcast during prime time must be Brazilian and be part of qualified space, and half must be produced by an independent Brazilian producer. (Term) (Term)
Art. 17. In all packages offered to the subscriber, for every 3 (three) channels of qualified space existing in the package, at least 1 (one) must be a Brazilian channel of qualified space. (Term) (Term)
§ 1 Of the minimum portion of Brazilian channels of qualified space mentioned in the caput, at least 1/3 (one third) must be programmed by an independent Brazilian programmer.
§ 2 The packaging company will be obliged to comply with the provisions of the caput up to the limit of 12 (twelve) Brazilian channels of qualified space.
§ 3 The packaging companies that offer packages distributed by technologies that make it possible to distribute, at most, packages with up to 31 (thirty-one) programming channels will be obliged to comply with the provisions of the caput of this article up to the limit of 3 (three) channels, as well as as they will be exempted from complying with the provisions of art. 18.
§ 4 Of the Brazilian channels of qualified space to be broadcast in the packages, at least 2 (two) channels must broadcast at least 12 (twelve) hours daily of Brazilian audiovisual content produced by an independent Brazilian producer, 3 (three) of which in Prime time.
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Art. 20. The programmer or packager, in compliance with the obligations provided for in arts. 16 to 18, will observe the following conditions: (Term)
I - at least half of the audiovisual content must have been produced in the 7 (seven) years prior to its broadcast; (Validity)
II - the content produced by a native Brazilian or naturalized for more than 10 (ten) years will be equivalent to that produced by a Brazilian producer;
III - the content produced by a native Brazilian or naturalized for more than 10 (ten) years will be equivalent to that produced by an independent Brazilian producer, if its producer meets the conditions provided for in item "c" of item XIX of art. 2nd;
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Art. 41. Arts. 16 to 23 will cease to be in force after 12 (twelve) years of the promulgation of this Law. [repealed by by Law No. 14,815, of 2024]
Art. 41. Arts. 16 to 23 will be in force until December 31, 2038. [ Added by Law No. 14,815, of 2024][...]" (Law No. 12,485, of September 12, 2011 [google translation])
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"Art. 1 For the purposes of this Provisional Measure, it is understood as: [...]
V - Brazilian cinematographic work or Brazilian videophonographic work: one that meets one of the following requirements:
a) be produced by a Brazilian production company, subject to the provisions of § 1, registered with ANCINE, be directed by a Brazilian or foreign director residing in the country for more than 3 (three) years, and use for its production, at least, 2/ 3 (two thirds) of Brazilian artists and technicians or resident in Brazil for more than 5 (five) years; (Wording provided by Law No. 10,454, of 5.13.2002)
b) be carried out by a Brazilian production company registered with ANCINE, in association with companies from other countries with which Brazil has a film co-production agreement and in line with them.
c) be carried out, in a co-production regime, by a Brazilian production company registered with ANCINE, in association with companies from other countries with which Brazil does not have a co-production agreement, ensuring ownership of at least 40% (forty percent) of the property rights of the work to the Brazilian production company and use for its production, at least 2/3 (two thirds) of Brazilian artists and technicians or resident in Brazil for more than 3 (three) years. (Included by Law No. 10,454, of 5.13.2002) [...]
§ 1 For the purposes of item V of this article, a Brazilian company is understood to be one incorporated under Brazilian laws, with headquarters and administration in the country, whose majority of the total and voting capital is directly or indirectly held by native or naturalized Brazilians. for more than 10 (ten) years, who must exercise de facto and de jure the decision-making power of the company. (Wording provided by Law No. 10,454, of 5.13.2002)
§ 2 For the purposes of the provisions of items XVII, XVIII and XX of this article, a Brazilian company is understood to be one constituted under Brazilian laws, with headquarters and administration in the country, whose majority of the capital is directly or indirectly held by native Brazilians. or naturalized for more than 5 (five) years, who must exercise de facto and de jure the decision-making power of the company. (Included by Law No. 10,454, of 5.13.2002)
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Art. 55. For a period of twenty years, starting from September 5, 2001, companies that own, lease or lease rooms, spaces or places for commercial public exhibitions will exhibit feature-length Brazilian cinematographic works, for a number of days fixed annually by decree, after consulting the representative entities of producers, distributors and exhibitors.[Repealed by Law No. 14,814, of 2024]
Art. 55. Until December 31, 2033, companies that own, rent or lease rooms, spaces, locations or commercial public exhibition complexes are obliged to show feature-length Brazilian cinematographic works within the scope of their programming, observing the minimum number of sessions and the diversity of titles, established under the terms of the regulation, on an annual basis, by means of a decree from the Executive Branch, after consulting Ancine and the entities representing producers, distributors and exhibitors. [New workding by Law No. 14,814, of 2024]
§ 1 The exhibition of Brazilian cinematographic works will be carried out proportionally throughout the semester, with the exhibitor being able to anticipate the schedule for the following semester. [Repealed by Law No. 14,814, of 2024]
§ 1 The exhibition of Brazilian cinematographic works referred to in the caput of this article will take place proportionally throughout the year, in accordance with the regulations, with Ancine being responsible for assessing compliance with the provisions of this article. [New workding by Law No. 14,814, of 2024][...]" (Provisional Measure No. 2,228-1, of September 6, 2001 [google translation])
Brazilian Federal Constitution (October 5, 1988), as amended on May 28, 2002, Article 222
Law 10,610 (20 December 2002) providing for the participation of foreign capital in the newspaper and broadcasting companies, Articles 1 and 2
Law No. 12,485, of September 12, 2011 [google translation]
Provisional Measure No. 2,228-1, of September 6, 2001 [google translation]
Law No. 14,815, of January 15, 2024 amending Provisional Measure No. 2,228-1, of September 6, 2001, which establishes general principles of the National Cinema Policy, and Law No. 12,485, of September 12, 2011, which provides for conditional access audiovisual communication, to extend the period for mandatory commercial exhibition of Brazilian cinematographic works – the policy of screen quotas on pay TV –, and provides other measures.
[<a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/Constituicao.htm">Constitution</a>],[<a href="https://www.oas.org/es/sla/ddi/docs/acceso_informacion_base_dc_leyes_pais_b_1_en.pdf">Constitution_Eng</a>],[<a href="https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/2002/l10610.htm">Law</a>],[<a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2011-2014/2011/Lei/L12485.htm">Law</a>],[<a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/MPV/2228-1.htm">Measure</a>],[<a href="http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2023-2026/2024/Lei/L14815.htm#art2">Law</a>]