Following on from a successful panel discussion at ID Screening Days 2024, Nadia M. Oliva explores how organisations can navigate programming and conversations that reflect their values while assessing the risks and challenges of operating in the charged era of contemporary discourse.
In this blog, Matchbox Cine’s Sean Welsh explains how they’ve managed to reliably and consistently produce and present optional audio description at their Weird Weekend events, which take place in an ‘emerging’ non-theatrical space.
The ICO has worked with Shape to develop a reference guideline for independent cinemas to improve access in venues for their disabled visitors. Shape is a disability-led arts organisation that for over 30 years has been working to improve access to the arts and culture.
A report from the Centre of Loneliness Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, looking at existing research on loneliness and highlighting the risks and remedies.
Our community group of people with a learning disability took a look at four films which are being shown as part of the Oska Bright 2024 Film Festival. Watch these short films below.
These resources are for foster carers, social workers, school staff and any other professionals who are supporting asylum seeking and refugee children across England.
Get informed about refugees and asylum in the UK.
For thousands of years, displacement and migration have played an essential role in human history. No matter the reason for leaving one’s homeland, the experience of leaving behind everything familiar to journey towards a new, better life is a familiar story. It’s no wonder, then, that so many films have centered around these very themes.
During Refugee Week, some of the best films and stories around Refugees are being shown and shared. We have pulled together some of the best we have found so far.
How does it feel to risk trafficking and torture to seek a better life in a strange land? Ahead of four films telling migrant stories, we hear from directors including Matteo Garrone and Milad Alami about tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time.
