The Disability Screen Office has released All-Access Pass: A Roadmap for Festival & Screen Industry Event Accessibility, a practical resource for Canadian screen-industry organizations looking to make their events and programming more accessible.
The guide is designed for organizers of film festivals, conferences, markets, awards shows, pitch forums, networking events, screenings, and other screen-industry activities.
Topics covered include:
- Building an accessibility policy and multi-year accessibility plan
- Consulting disabled audiences and local disability communities
- Creating accessibility advisory committees
- Hiring and supporting disabled staff and consultants
- Venue selection and accessibility audits
- Accessible wayfinding
- Accessible websites, social media, and communications
- Accommodations and the duty to accommodate
- Inclusive programming and film selection
- Accessible hiring and service delivery
- Captioning and described video
- Sign language interpretation
- Relaxed screenings
- Sensory and calm spaces
- Accessible networking events
- Online and hybrid event accessibility
- Accessible ticketing
- Multi-year accessibility planning
The guide is intended to help organizations identify barriers and progressively build accessibility into their programming, operations, communications, staffing, and audience experience.
This resource may be particularly useful for film festivals, production organizations, arts administrators, event producers, programmers, venue operators, and screen-industry organizations planning public or industry events.
