Welcome to Your Local Cinema - your accessible cinema resource
This website is part of a comprehensive program to provide accessible cinema in Australia. This includes the funding of equipment and promotional support for 12 independent cinemas around the country, provided by the Federal Department of Health and Ageing.
On this site you will find all that you need to know about captioning and audio description in Australian cinemas and the rest of the world. You can check session times for all of the accessible cinemas in Australia, get information about the accessible movies that are playing, link to accessible trailers (both audio described and captioned) and find out the latest in accessible cinema news.
Major cinema chains offer access in over 130 cinemas
11 June 2010
The four major cinema chains of Hoyts, Village, Greater Union Birch Carroll & Coyle and Reading Cinemas have made an offer about improving cinema access.
Read more: Major cinema chains offer access in over 130 cinemas
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.
WORLDEAF Cinema Festival – November 2010
26 May 2010
The inaugural WORLDEAF Cinema Festival will take place in Washington DC from 4-7 November 2010.
Maroochydore equipment failure
17 May 2010
Media Access Australia has been advised that the caption projection equipment at Birch Carroll & Coyle, Maroochydore has failed.
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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