Oska Bright Film Festival, the world’s leading festival for films made by or featuring people with learning disabilities or autism, has issued Welcoming Learning Disabled Audiences Back, a free resource for the cinema sector as part of its wider Welcome Back support programme.
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.
Following the theatrical release and a BAFTA nomination for Ella Glendining’s feature documentary Is There Anybody Out There?, ICO were pleased to present a special roundtable event celebrating disabled filmmaking and disability joy, while confronting the film industry’s barriers and ableism. Hosted by film and culture writer Lillian Crawford, the roundtable featured a conversation between … More
To celebrate the release of IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?, ICO were joined for a panel discussion with the film’s director Ella Glendining, filmmaker, writer and activist Kyla Harris (It’s Personal) and filmmaker Jim LeBrecht (Crip Camp) to discuss the provocation of “Using film to tell disabled stories” and celebrate some of the amazing work … More
The first edition of BFI FAN: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Focus, a new series of webinars for UK film exhibitors. This session explores how exhibitors can advocate for standardised, accessible screenings and provisions, hosted by Access Consultant, Charlie Little (Matchbox Cinesub). Using examples of exhibitors across the UK who host descriptive subtitled screenings, Charlie … More
