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.
Human Rights Commission says no to cinemas
In a decision announced this morning, the Australian Human Rights Commission has decided not to grant the temporary exemption application from the four major cinema chains (Hoyts, Greater Union/BCC, Reading and Village).
US cinema access now includes autism needs
GMC cinemas in the US now run special screenings for children with autism. The screenings have the sound turned down and the lights on and allow the audience to do whatever they like. The original concept came from the frustration of a mother with an autistic daughter who was thrown out for dancing in the aisles during a screening of Hairspray.
Spanish film festival in Melbourne shows captioned movies
The La Mirada Film Festival is presenting captioned screenings for two movies in its festival at Federation Square in Melbourne. The program is guest curated by legendary Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.
Read more: Spanish film festival in Melbourne shows captioned movies
Blind Citizens Australia ramps up cinema access campaign
Peak blind and vision impaired consumer organisation Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) has turned up the volume on its push to expand the number of cinemas in Australia offering audio description (AD) services.
Read more: Blind Citizens Australia ramps up cinema access campaign
Audio Description review - Fantastic Mr Fox
Carol Arnold has reviewed an audio described screening of Fantastic Mr Fox in the first issue of the Blind Citizens Australia newsletter It’s Our Turn. The movie was shown with audio description at the Verona Cinema in Paddington, Sydney.
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