A trip to the cinema is one of life’s great pleasures, but it’s not always a supportive environment for people living with dementia. Here are five ways cinemas can become more dementia-friendly.
The BFI’s Screen Culture 2023 Strategy highlights young audiences aged 25 and under as a priority target audiences and this now includes programming for children and families. Film London are highlighting new release family friendly films with marketing packs and suggested workshop activities, starting with Curzon’s Robot Dreams! Download the pack.
Ramadan is one of the most spiritual times of the year for the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims. Together with UK Muslim Film, Film and TV Charity have put together this handy guide, so you can know how to support your colleagues and friends during the month.
Content notices are a contentious area. Some see them as a duty of care that film exhibitors owe to their audience, while others say they’re an unnecessary measure and can even be counterproductive. In this blog, the ICO’s Duncan Carson speaks to film professionals who have introduced content notices about their experience and what the … More
Audiences want to know the answer to a very simple question – will they fit? It is very important to us as a film team, for fat audiences and future cinema audiences that venues embrace publishing seat sizing on their websites. On the listing of our screenings but also on the access page. Alongside other … More
Cards for Inclusion is a card game helping the arts sector by creatively exploring how barriers can be removed. Challenge yourself to think outside the box about how we can all make what we offer more accessible to disabled people.
The Accessible Marketing Guide, contains an introduction to accessibility, the basics of making marketing material accessible, accessible websites, print and text, accessible formats, making social media accessible and a list of useful references that informed the guide as well as further resources.
Unlimited have gathered together their top tips to help arts organisations make their recruitment and employment more accessible.
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
