Cinema captioning

Captioned cinema access is well-established in the English-speaking world and has been in Australia since 2000.

Cinema captioning in Australia

Cinema captioning was established as a result of an Australian Human Rights Commission brokered agreement. This covered 8 locations initially and then expanded to 10 in 2005. Each location shows 3 captioned sessions per week: Wednesday morning at 10.00am; Friday evening at 6.30pm and Sunday afternoon at 3.30pm. These times vary slightly due to programming and local sessions times.

Check your local guides or the cinemas' websites for accurate session times. Captioned films are often advertised with an 'OC' next to the film title. OC stands for open captioned. Otherwise, films are advertised with the Supertext 'S' symbol. 



Captioned Cinema Locations

1. The Jam Factory, Chapel Street, Melbourne
2. Village Hobart, 181 Collins Street, Hobart
3. Greater Union Marion, Westfield Shopping Town, Adelaide
4. Hoyts Carousel, Cannington, 1382 Albany Highway, Perth
5. BCC Casuarina, Casuarina Shopping Centre, Darwin
6. BCC Sunshine Plaza, Horton Parade, Maroochydore
7. Greater Union, Myer Centre, Queen Street Mall, Brisbane
8. Greater Union Glendale, Stockland Supercentre, Newcastle
9. Greater Union, George Street, Sydney
10. Greater Union, Westfield Shoppingtown, Parramatta
11. Hoyts Belconnen, Westfield Shopping Town, Canberra
    

For updated information on movies playing at all ten captioned cinema locations, visit the Media Access Australia website.

Related articles

• Captions on your television
• DVDs and captions
• Legislation on captioning
  

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Reproduced with permission.
Date reviewed: 12.11.2008