We are carrying out a project titled “Accessible Cinema:Breaking the Vicious Circle” within the scope of Civil Society Support Program III implemented by the EU Presidency with the financial support of the European Union. 

During the project which will continue for 15 months between April 2021 and July 2022, we will bring together NGOs working in the field of access to cinema in Turkey and Europe. Through lobbying activities, workshops, reporting and outputs such as public service ads and surveys, we will try to identify the obstacles to participation in cinema events, to offer solutions, to strengthen the representation of disabled people in cinema and to establish cooperation with institutions that organize accessible cultural events in Turkey. With our project, we hope that policy makers will be more interested in such works in the long term and make the necessary arrangements.

The project is carried out in collaboration with the Socio-Cultural Society of Koszalin from Poland (co-applicant) with contribution of Carousel Project from the UK, KLAPPE AUF! Kurzfilmfestival from Germany, Extra & Ordinary People asbl from Belgium and Associació Inclús from Spain (associates). With these institutions who organize accessible film festivals in their own countries, we will exchange ideas and offer solutions so that people can access cinema under equal conditions.  

You can find detailed information about the project here.