Inspecção Geral das Actividades Culturais

IGAC, Inspecção Geral das Atividades Culturais (General Inspection of Cultural Activities), is an organisation that is part of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture. It is the organisation responsible for the rating of video games, films and related media released in Portugal.

Inspecção Geral das Actividades Culturais

Sede no Palácio Foz, em Lisboa
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Portugal, Ministry of Culture
Headquarters	Palácio Foz, Calçada da Glória 9, Lisboa
Website	Official website

Films are rated using the following classifications:

• A - (Partly) Suitable for children.
• M/3 Suitable for all ages. Content with this rating should be of short duration and easy to understand. It should not provoke fear and/or collide with the sense of fantasy.
• M/6 Not recommended for children under 6. Content with this rating may be of longer duration and contain some fear factor.
• M/12 Not recommended for children under 12. Content with this rating may, due to its length and complexity, provoke fatigue and psychiatric trauma in younger viewers. Children below the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
• M/14 Not recommended for children under 14. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
• M/16 Not recommended for children under 16. Content with this rating may explore aspects of sexuality, physical and psychic violence. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
• M/18 Adults only. Content with this rating may be of explicit sexual nature. Children must be accompanied by an adult, and ticket sellers reserve the right to block very young children from these screenings.

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Portuguese Ministry of Culture, Official website (in Portuguese)