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Disney's Alice in Wonderland subtitled in 3D! (PG) All 3D-equipped cinemas can screen this film in 3D - with subtitles. Please ask your nearest one to screen it! Tim Burton directs an epic 3D fantasy adventure featuring an all-star cast including Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. When Alice returns to the world she encountered as a young girl, she embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny, and encounters some of the most fantastical, charismatic characters ever created.
Now showing subtitled: Belfast
Odeon Subtitled trailer HERE Official website HERE
Invictus subtitled (12a) 2 hours 13 mins Drama from director Clint Eastwood, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. As newly elected President, Mandela believes that the universal language of sport can bring people together in the wake of apartheid. As a result, the nation's underdog rugby team make an unlikely challenge on the 1995 World Cup Championship. Lisburn: Omniplex
On release in many cinemas: foreign language films with English subtitles. Check local listings for shows. Latest releases include:
Check local listings for shows.Details, trailers and links to some listings HERE
+ No subtitled mainstream films next week? Please ask the cinemas to screen the many available subtitled films! Ballymena:
IMC,
Larne Link Rd.
+ Digital cinema info Many cinemas are now equipped with new digital projection equipment. These digital projection systems have built in subtitle readers. Subtitle 'files' are available for almost all popular cinema releases, which can be 'read' by digital projection systems. Some of these cinemas regularly schedule subtitled shows. It is hoped that the 'access' features of these digital projectors will be utilised, to enable people with hearing or sight loss to enjoy digital cinema, but there's no guarantee that it will happen. We urge organisations, groups and individuals to create total awareness of this access issue, to ensure it is addressed as soon as possible. Please contact digitally-equipped cinemas in your area and request that they utilise the built in 'access' features of digital projectors! Note: as with DVD releases, the film - on disc, or hard disk - needs to have a subtitle track included for it to be broadcast - almost all popular releases now have that track.
News: Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Paramount sign deal with Irish firm Ireland's Digital Finance (DFL) has sealed digital cinema roll-out agreements with The Walt Disney Company UK, Paramount Pictures (UK), Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures International UK and Eire. Digital Finance of Tipperary, Ireland announces the signing of its digital cinema deployment agreements with four major Hollywood Studios. These agreements will enable DFL to facilitate the conversion of cinemas from film to digital projection throughout the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the UK. Jason Brenek, senior vice president, Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, said, “We are thrilled to be working with Kevin Cummins and his colleagues at Digital Finance to enable state-of-the-art digital projection in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the UK. Disney is fully-committed to digital cinema and digital 3D and the highest standards of quality these technologies bring to the consumer. We continue to work closely with exhibitors and leading manufacturers to make the transition as smooth and cost effective as possible.” Roger Pollock, Paramount Pictures’ executive vice president, International Distribution & Operations said: “Digital cinema is the future of our industry and we’re delighted to be working with Digital Finance Ltd. to place Ireland at the forefront of this technology. This is an important step to accelerate the digital conversion and the 3D footprint in the region. We look forward to supplying our movies to this new digital platform and giving moviegoers the highest quality cinema experience available.” Julian Levin, executive vice president for Digital Exhibition at Twentieth Century Fox commented, “We are delighted to have closed this deal with DFL. The conversion to a digital projection platform from conventional 35mm film will offer movie goers an enhanced viewing experience in 2D and 3D. We look forward to working with Kevin and everyone at DFL in bringing the conversion to fruition.” Duncan
Clark, executive vice president of distribution for Universal Pictures
International, said, “We’re pleased to be working with Digital
Finance Ltd. in converting cinemas to digital projection. Digital cinema
is the future of our business, so it’s important we supply our movies
to this new digital platform and enhance the movie experience by giving
audiences the highest picture and sound quality possible.” Kevin Cummins, CEO for Digital Finance, said: “We did our homework and analyzed this area thoroughly. DFL presented a unique model to the studios, and our low overhead allows us to offer the best financing package possible to the exhibitor. The ability to rollout to the entire region of Ireland brings an economy of scale not otherwise possible. We’re very grateful for the support received from our friends at the major Hollywood Studios, and the feedback from our exhibition partners has been tremendous. We also extend our thanks to MKPE Consulting LLC for its help in securing these four agreements." Exhibitors are offered full site 3D capable projection systems which include a Projector, SMS and TMS. 4K projection systems will be offered when available. Cummins said: “We carefully chose our technology for its quality, maturity, stability, and proven robustness. Our exhibitors demand a high up-time and fast maintenance, as well as flexibility in 3D add-on technologies, and we feel we’ve made the best possible choices.” DFL will contract with Digital Cinema in Ireland for its installation and maintenance work. + News: The Cultural Cinema Consortium announces Cinema Digitisation Scheme The Cultural Cinema Consortium, a strategic partnership between the Arts Council and Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board (IFB), has launched a scheme to provide capital funding grants towards the cost of purchasing and installing digital projection equipment. The purpose of the scheme is to ensure that audiences have access to a range and choice of cinema programming that is more diverse than the mainstream and that Irish cinema operators, offering such programming, have an opportunity to install digital projection equipment at a cost that is compatible with their turnover and operating costs. Capital grants towards the cost of purchasing and installing digital projection equipment will be made available to full-time cinema operators who can demonstrate that they currently provide a clear majority of diverse programming on a year-round basis. The scheme will offer grants to cover 85% of installation costs for up to ten cinema screens, subject to a maximum contribution of €75,000 per screen. Simon
Perry, Chief Executive of the Irish Film Board, said "It is vital
that public funding intervenes to ensure that cinemas offering Irish audiences
a wider choice of film, than that available in mainstream commercial cinemas,
are not left behind in the digital race". Further details on the scheme are available on the websites of the Irish Film Board and the Arts Council. Cinema Digitisation Scheme
NOTE! We receive accessible listings directly from cinema head offices. Unless urgent amendments are required, listings are updated every Thursday. We take great care to ensure the listings are timely and accurate but can take NO RESPONSIBILITY for postponed or cancelled shows. If cinemas inform us of changes, we will tell you via this website. If they don't inform us, we can't inform you. Many cinemas schedules are "SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTIFICATION". Sometimes the files necessary for a subtitled or described film are not available, or are not delivered to the cinema on time. The only way to be 100% sure is to check with the ACTUAL cinema before you plan a visit. But DOUBLE check, preferably with a manager. We recommend that you should always request confirmation that a show is definitely on.
Please read this: Subtitled and audio described cinema enables people with less than perfect hearing or vision to enjoy film presented in its original and best form - the cinema. Cinema subtitles appear at the bottom of the cinema screen. Cinema audio description is similar to listening to a cricket or football match on the radio, having the action described to you. The normal film soundtrack comes through the cinemas surround sound speakers in the usual way, and a recorded narrator explains what's happening on screen - in gaps in the dialogue - through personal headphones. Northern Ireland Screen (formerly the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission/NIFTC), introduced their 'Cinema Access Programme' to help fund the installation of subtitle (captioning) and audio description equipment in cinemas across Northern Ireland. It's aim was to enable individuals with hearing or visual impairments to enjoy the cinema experience. The NIFTC doubled its original budget to £70,000 to meet demand from cinemas. The Cinema Access programme launched in April 2005. A series of simultaneous events took place in some of the awarded cinemas on April 12th to celebrate the launch of the programme. (NIFTC article HERE). It is hoped that the cinemas involved will screen subtitled and audio described films on a regular basis. These 'accessible' cinemas are listed above. Most (sometimes all) of the top 10 cinema releases at any one time are available with subtitles and audio description, and all accessible shows will be listed on this page as soon as we are notified of them. In 2006 Odeon/UCI added subtitle/description facilities to their three Dublin cinemas, and Eye Cinema in Galway became accessible. In 2006 an American company - AVICA - announced plans to convert almost all cinemas in the North and South of Ireland to digital - the plan is to install new digital projectors. (DigitMag article HERE). These systems can display subtitles. Adaptations can be made to include audio description features too. In January 2007 DTS, the well known cinema sound company, became involved and have plans to develop further digital cinema in Ireland. Read the press release on the DTS website. According to Digital Cinema Ltd, who run the project, Phase 1 is now complete, with 26 digital projectors installed. Phase 2 - the conversion of the rest of over 500 screens - has started (May 07). Watch this space for updates. Or watch the Avica website for news of developments. More info on the Digital Cinema Ireland website. NOTE: There's no guarantee that cinemas with new digital projection equipment will actually utilise the built-in 'access' features. No digital cinema has yet made plans to ensure that people nationwide with hearing or visual impairments will be able to enjoy the cinema experience..
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