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.
Maroochydore recommences captioned sessions
29 July 2010
Maroochydore's equipment has been fixed and the cinema will recommence captioned sessions tomorrow, Friday 30 July, with a 6:40pm screening of The Karate Kid.
Accessible cinema questions answered
22 July 2010
Since last Saturday’s announcement of the major cinema chain expansion of the accessible program, Media Access Australia (MAA) has been inundated with queries from movie fans regarding all aspects of the rollout. To assist in answering these questions, MAA has compiled a list of Q&As.
Consumers hail accessible cinema expansion
21 July 2010
The announcement that major cinemas around Australia will be made more accessible by the end of 2014 has been hailed by consumers and consumer groups. The cinema chains of Hoyts, Village, Greater Union Birch Carroll & Coyle and Reading have agreed to expand accessible services to a minimum of 132 locations.
Cinema to become more accessible
17 July 2010
Media Access Australia commends the Federal government announcement today that will see every major cinema chain location made more accessible for patrons who are deaf or blind by the end of 2014.
All sessions of The A-Team cancelled
6 July 2010
Media Access Australia has just been advised that all sessions of The A-Team have been cancelled across Australia due to an incompatible access disc.
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