On relaxed screenings: neurodivergence and sound at the cinema
How loudness and sensitivity to sound and music can affect the cinematic experience for neurodivergent audiences.
How loudness and sensitivity to sound and music can affect the cinematic experience for neurodivergent audiences.
In early 2023 The Space convened an Accessibility Working Group with activists, artists and industry professionals who are all committed to improving digital access to the arts.
Crip Cinema Archive is documenting disability on screen. The archive defines ‘crip cinema’ as films that speak to something about the crip experience, speak to crip audiences, or that have a crip writer, director, or lead actor. Crip cinema has a fraught history – one of stereotypes, omissions, and repression. We have a few goals for … More
Crip club is an online and in-person community & an accessible podcast using film discussion to tackle ableism behind the camera, on screen and in cinemas.
With subtitles now regularly switched on for at-home viewing, Rafa Sales Ross meets experts of the captioning craft to find out what gets lost in translation between humans and machines, and how to keep making the big screen more accessible.
Lillian Crawford and her fellow Barbican Young Programmers reflect on their experiences of curating film events and hopes for a more inclusive film programming community.
The 2024 Oscars will include confidential accessibility requests for all nominees and guests, captioning, audio description, in-theater assisted listening devices, accessible seating and parking, and a suite of ASL interpretation services.
There is more to watching films than meets the eye. Experiencing films together can change our lives, communities and society for the better. The BFI Film Audience Network has developed The Bigger Picture to showcase how exhibitors across the UK are making a difference, from dementia-friendly screenings to young programmer initiatives. Full of inspirational case … More
[1] Alzheimer’s Research UK – Statistics about dementia
[2] Alzheimer’s Society – Dementia UK Report
[3] Alzheimer’s Research UK – Statistics about dementia
[4] Young Dementia UK – Young onset dementia facts and figures
Alzheimer’s Society believe passionately that life doesn’t end when dementia begins. They are there for anyone affected by dementia, and are committed to keeping people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Dementia Friends is a programme, led by Alzheimer’s Society. It is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia, aiming to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about the condition.
Dementia Action Alliance is for organisations across England to connect, share best practice and take action on dementia. Members include leading charities, hospitals, social care providers, Government bodies, pharmaceuticals, royal colleges, and wellbeing organisations.
Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity, dedicated to causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by scientists and supporters, they are challenging the way people think about dementia, uniting big thinkers in the field and funding innovative science that will deliver a cure.
Age UK‘s vision is to make the UK a great place to grow older, by inspiring, supporting and enabling in a number of ways.
Young Dementia UK is the dedicated national charity for younger people with dementia and their families. They are committed to helping those affected to continue to live life, by providing support, social events and information.
Arts 4 Dementia develop arts programmes to empower, re-energise and inspire people with early-stage dementia and carers through challenging artistic stimulation, to help them live better for longer in their own homes.
Creative Dementia Arts Network create challenges and possibilities connecting artists, arts organisations and cultural institutions with commissioners of creative arts for dementia.
Created Out of Mind is aiming to explore, challenge and shape perceptions and understanding of dementias through science and the creative arts.
DEEP (Dementia Empowerment and Engagement Project) brings together groups of people with dementia from across the UK. DEEP supports these groups to try to change services and policies that affect the lives of people with dementia.
Innovations in Dementia’s work supports people with dementia to keep control of their lives, by running innovative projects, providing a training and consultancy service and influencing how others work with people with dementia.