Accessibility to cinema and audiovisual for people with disabilities

On this occasion, Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication, announced to the associations
representing persons with disabilities several measures:

The setting up of an incentive aid from the National Center for Cinema and Animated Image (CNC), representing
one million euros per year for three years, so that subtitling and audio-description of films are necessary
The launch of two missions: one on the audiodescription business lines,
the other on the coordination of information on subtitled and audio-described works; the
place of a working group to support the small and medium-sized film exploitation in the
making cinemas accessible; writing a new book from the Culture and
Disability specifically dedicated to cinema accessibility.

The two Ministers confirmed their support for the organization of the film festival «un autre regard», dedicated
the theme “cinema and disability”, which will be held from March 29 to 31 in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.

Eric Garandeau, President of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée (CNC), reported on the work of the
Centre for the accessibility of works and rooms, and in particular the monitoring of the increase in charge of
with the assistance of the French National Federation of Cinemas. It was agreed to
determine at the end of 2012, on the basis of current information and progress
The European Union’s Member States will have to make progress in this area.

In the audiovisual field, the commitments made by public channels in the context of their
contracts of objectives and means signed with the State were recalled, as well as the action of the
audio-visual representation of the disability, the quality of captioning or audio-description. The
Higher Audiovisual Council announced the upcoming publication of a study on the conditions of
development in France of DTT voice receivers.