Constitution and Establishment of Film Policy

To provide a clear policy direction that gives due consideration to value chains, ensures international competitiveness, enhances a democratic culture of good governance, fastens social development, builds peace and unity of citizens, develops our values of tolerance and considerateness to one another, and through it to ensure that the sector's professionals, investors, intellectuals, the society, and the nation, directly and indirectly, benefit from the industry;

By giving visibility to all features of the country through film products, to strengthen image building, to create employment opportunities, to protect the vested interests of investors, professionals, and the society in the industry, and to withstand negative external cultural influences;

To create a conducive environment that gives the film sector its due place as an artistic enterprise, to provide it with the legal protection that enables it to develop its own national perspective and identity, and thus play a decisive role in the private sector and attain sustainable growth;

By creating incentives and an enabling environment for existing professionals and newcomers to the film sector, to make Ethiopia a preferred destination and center for the film industry;

By strengthening the sector with professional ethics and trained human power to address deficiencies in perception, skills, and knowledge reflected in the course of producing, distributing, recording, and screening of films, and by filling gaps in operational and legal frameworks, this film policy has been prepared in line with international practices to create an enabling environment that fosters the all-round development of the sector.