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.

Changes to Your Local Cinema website

31 August 2010

In preparation for the expansion of the accessible cinema program in major cinema chains nationally, the Your Local Cinema website will be undergoing some changes of its own.

Cinema Nova highly commended for its Twitter service

27 August 2010

Congratulations to Cinema Nova on its highly commended placing at the 2010 Deafness Forum Captioning Awards.

Cinema Nova’s Twitter service a finalist in 2010 Captioning Awards

24 August 2010

Cinema Nova in Carlton, Melbourne has been selected as a finalist in this year’s Captioning Awards, to be held on Thursday.

Facebook group for captioned movie fans at Hoyts Carousel

17 August 2010

Captioned movie fans who visit Hoyts Carousel in Cannington, Perth have another way to keep up to date with what is happening at their local cinema.

Massachusetts becomes the USA’s most accessible state for cinema

30 July 2010

As the USA celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, hearing and vision impaired residents of Massachusetts will gain greater accessibility to cinemas through a settlement reached with the three largest cinema chains in the state.

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