Open Caption Films

What are Open Caption Films?

Open-captioned movies ensure that all people can enjoy films, including the Deaf and hearing-impaired. The producers of the captions, make every effort to include the captions for all the dialogue in a movie, as well as significant sound effects and song lyrics. Please note that editorial decisions are sometimes made not to include song lyrics as they may detract from the important action or visual impact that is taking place on the screen.

For more information...

For more information and details of captioned movies simply log onto the Media Access Australia web page at www.mediaaccess.org.au, Email at info@mediaaccess.org.au, or ring their information line on (02)9212 6242 (voice and TTY).

Who uses captions

Anyone - captions are there to be enjoyed by all members of the public.

Deaf people - people who are Deaf rely on captions to follow the soundtrack on movies, television or videos.

Hearing impaired people - people who have some degree of hearing loss use captions to help them understand the soundtrack. There are around 1.7 million hearing impaired people in Australia.

People learning English - many language schools use captioned videos and television to help teach people spoken English. It is easier to follow a soundtrack reading the captions and listening to the pronunciation of words.

Our upcoming schedule

Below is an up-to-date listing of our upcoming Open Caption films that we will be showing at Village Cinemas. We currently screen open caption films at our Jam Factory and Hobart cinema locations. Click on this weeks film to see its session times.

October 2 - October 8:
VIC - Wall.E [G]

Each week Village Cinemas offers three screenings of each Open Caption film. On Friday's in the early evening, mid-afternoon on Sunday's and in the morning on Wednesday's.

When browsing the Session Times on the website, all films listed with an 'OC' before it (for example OC - The Bucket List), denotes a film which is Open Captioned.