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From 24 March to 6 April, our online streaming platform the Cinema of Ideas is hosting Visibly Animated: a film season shining a light on disability representation and accessibility in animation, curated by freelance programmer Louise M. Milsom. Matchbox Cine has produced hard-of-hearing captions for all of the films and talks featured in the programme. In this blog, Matchbox’s Access Consultant Charlotte Little explains the importance of descriptive subtitles in creating a more equal experience for audiences.
In this second article by Ukrainian critic and filmmaker Elena Rubashevska, she outlines some practical ways that the international film community can support film workers in Ukraine. Read the first article here, in which Elena discusses her experiences as a filmmaker in the days preceding and following the Russian invasion.
We at the ICO have been shocked by the terrible events currently taking place in Ukraine. While thinking about how we could show solidarity with and support Ukrainian people, we were approached by Elena Rubashevska, a director and journalist from Ukraine, about writing some articles to help spread the word about what is happening in the country at the moment. In this first blog, Elena discusses the onset of the war and her experiences as a filmmaker in the days preceding and following the Russian invasion.
Streaming on the Cinema of Ideas from today until 5 March, Stitched Up! Protest and the Garment Industry is a film programme which opens our eyes to what our dependence on fast fashion means for garment workers around the world, how they are resisting and what you can do to help.
Carefree, childlike wonder and freedom of expression have proven to be sparse attributes in characterisations of Black childhood on British screens. It is an ‘adultification’ of Black children that has real-time, real-life repercussions; a denial of an essential, humanising ideal of innocence, that robs Black children of their childhood, places adult responsibilities on their young bodies and puts them subsequently in danger.
In this blog we hear from Jodie Wilkinson, Public Engagement Coordinator for Glasgow Film, about how they built a dementia-friendly film community through their Movie Memories engagement programme. Jodie discusses the practical steps they took in researching and creating the programme, offers some tips on running your own dementia-friendly screenings based on their learnings, and shares a method of evaluating the social value of programmes like this - which can be a useful tool when applying for future funding.
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