Accessible cinema news

Accessible films at 2010 Sydney Film Festival

2 June 2010

The Sydney Film Festival will open caption three sessions, including the Dendy Award Finalists session, and audio describe two sessions during this year’s event.

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WORLDEAF Cinema Festival – November 2010

26 May 2010

The inaugural WORLDEAF Cinema Festival will take place in Washington DC from 4-7 November 2010. 

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Maroochydore equipment failure

17 May 2010

Media Access Australia has been advised that the caption projection equipment at Birch Carroll & Coyle, Maroochydore has failed.  

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Another cinema access decision in the USA

10 May 2010

A Washington State court has now added a decision to a growing number confirming that the provision of captioned access to movies is required under disability regulations.  In this case the Washington State Communications Access Project had challenged the cinemas in the court to provide “same service” to hearing impaired patrons as others under State disability access laws. 

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Cinema Nova tweets its accessible sessions

5 May 2010

Cinema Nova, in Carlton Melbourne, has begun tweeting its movie sessions on Twitter, including its captioned and audio described sessions.  

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