Apply for Classification

A person who intends to classify his/her audio-visual content should take note of the following procedure/steps.

1. Apply to the National Film Authority by filling the required form and submit content at the NFA office(s) or website – www.nfa.gov.gh or email classification@nfa.gov.gh / info@nfa.gov.gh or any other format provided by the NFA.

2. Pay the prescribed fees at the accounts office of the NFA or website – www.nfa.gov.gh or NFA Mobile Money Accounts (For information on fees, click here )

3. The Film Classification Committee shall within fourteen working days after receipt of a content, preview it and make recommendations for classification.

4. The National Film Authority shall inform the applicant of the classification decision by the Film Classification Committee within twenty-one working days after the submission of the content.

5. The National Film Authority shall issue a certificate and an identity mark for the classification decision to the right owner/holder of the content.

Further Key Notes:
a. A right owner, licensee or assignee who desires to exhibit an audiovisual content shall submit the content for examination and classification at least twenty-one days before the intended exhibition.

b. An exhibitor of a classified content shall visibly display the classification identity mark/logo at the beginning of the content to advise consumers of the classification rating before showing the content.
 
c. Where a poster has been approved by the Board, a person shall not display that poster unless that poster has clearly and boldly printed or embossed on it the classification identity mark/logo recommended by the Film Classification Committee for the content to which the poster relates.

d. Where the Film Classification Committee determines that an audiovisual content as a whole is not suitable for exhibition, it may recommend that the Board classifies it as “NS” meaning “not suitable”