The awards honour the contributions each nominee has made to the protection and promotion of human rights. The Business Award recognises a business that, through its activities, has made a commitment to the promotion and advancement of human rights and/or human rights principles in the Australian community.
The move to digital cinema is a major change to the industry across the world. The delivery methods for movies are changing frequently and cinemas and film distributors are still coming to terms with accessing movie files in different formats. This all means that it is a very fluid situation and this is having a direct impact on access issues including the options available to show captions in an open format.
Ten new family-friendly short films have also made the cut, including award winners The Maker (Best Animation at Sydney Film Festival 2012) andThe Missing Key (Best Short Animated Film, Inside Film Awards). Another program favourite will be the Dr Seuss-style What a Debacle, Freddy Farkle narrated by Barry Humphries.
In the United Kingdom, the Cinema Exhibitors’ Association (CEA) has jointly produced a captioned and audio described advertisement to raise awareness of accessible movies to the general public.
The advertisement has been produced using the 2011 movie Top Cat and follows on from two previously successful accessible cinema trailers. A fourth, of Puss in Boots, is expected to be produced for later in 2012. You can view the new trailer on the CEA’s website.
