In order to defend the relevance of an internationalization policy for the audiovisual sector within the Brazilian Federal Government, this study intends to identify the impasses and impacts of the construction of this policy, since the year 2010, and to analyze, to what extent, such internationalization policy articulates the general design of the public policy of the audiovisual sector and contributes to the development of this sector. The research - based on the analysis of the content of articles, books, interviews and official documents - identified two main impasses faced in this area in Brazil. They are: the impasse in the insufficiency of investment in internationalization, in disarray with the copious financing in film production for a potential occupation of the domestic market; and the impasse over the lack of articulation between the principles and projects of the Cultural and the Foreign Trade policies. The results allow inferring reasons why Brazil does not present a significant performance in the international trade around the audiovisual; make it possible to draw new possible explanations for the fact that the Brazilian audience remains unaware of the sustainability of the national production itself. In summary: in order to protect and promote Brazilian culture expressed in the audiovisual sector, it has become essential to integrate public policies that effectively qualify and expand the circulation of these cultural goods and services beyond Brazil, through internationalization.