Office of Film and Literature Classification

Office of Film and Literature Classification
Byrån för Film och litteratur Klassificering

Type	Government Office
Founded	11 January 2013
Headquarters	Tyrshavn , Zealandia
Number of locations	1
Area served	Zealandia
Key people	Claire Nymoria (Minister for Internal Affairs and Innovation)
Products	Media classification
Owner	Zealandian Government
Parent	Ministry for Internal Affairs and Innovation

The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) is a statutory classification board formed by the Zealandian Government which classifies films, video games, literature and television shows for exhibition, sale or hire within the Commonwealth of Zealandia since its establishment on 11 January 2013.

Classifications

Label	Rating	Notes	Applicable to literature	Australian equivalent
	E Exempt	Artistic performances, educational programmes etc. Must not contain material that may be considered 16+.	Yes	E
	G-A General Audience	Suitable for all audiences. The content is light or very mild in impact.	Yes	G
	GF Guidance is recommended	Parental Guidance Recommended for younger viewers. The content is Mild in impact.	No	PG
	14 Restricted 14+	Restricted to viewers aged 14 years and over. The content is moderate in impact.	No	M
	16 Restricted 16+	Restricted to viewers aged 16 years and over. The content is strong in impact.	No	MA 15+
	18+ Restricted18+	Contains content that is too extreme for a 16 rating. May only be shown for persons over that age of 18	Yes	RC, R18+
	X X (Pornographic material)	Contains pornographic material can only be show to those over the age of 18.	Yes	RC, X18+

Refused Classification

RC (Refused Classification) – Contains material that is considered to offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that it should not be classified.
Reasons for a refusal of classification can include but are not limited to:

• Detailed instruction or promotion in matters of crime or violence.
• The promotion or provision of instruction in paedophile activity.
• Descriptions or depictions of child sexual abuse or any other exploitative or offensive descriptions or depictions involving a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18 years.
• Gratuitous, exploitative or offensive depictions of:
  • violence with a very high degree of impact or which are excessively frequent, prolonged or detailed;
  • cruelty or real violence which are very detailed or which have an extremely high impact;
  • sexual violence
• Depictions of practices such as bestiality, necrophilia or other practices that are revolting or abhorrent.
• Gratuitous, exploitative or offensive depictions of:
  • activity accompanied by fetishes or practices that are offensive or abhorrent;
  • incest fantasies or other fantasies that are offensive or abhorrent

Classification is mandatory, and films that are rated Refused Classification by the OFLC are banned for sale, hire or public exhibition, carrying a maximum fine of 29,000Kr if an individual/organisation is found to be in breach of this. It is, however, legal to possess RC films and games, unless they contain illegal content (e.g. child pornography).

Films, Video Games and Literature currently refused classification

• A Serbian Film

See also

• Film and Videogame Rating Board—Age rating system used in Danland and the Saxon Empire.
• Office of Film and Broadcasting Classification—Age rating system used in Sirocco