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ACCESS ALL AREAS FILM FESTIVAL will visit venues across NSW from November 16 to December 3rd 2009. The event will feature free screenings of acclaimed Australian films, which will be made accessible to people with a disability. 

This unique event is accessible to all with free entry to all screenings and special accessibility services for those who need them. All films will be audio-described for people with vision impairment, captioned for the hearing impaired and wheelchair accessible. Screening intros and Q&A’s will be Auslan interpreted.  

The touring festival will visit Castle Hill, North Rocks, Griffith, Wagga Wagga and Orange, finishing its run at Sydney’s Dendy Opera Quays on December 3rd 2009 to mark International Day of People with a Disability. The Sydney screenings will run alongside a panel discussion on the subject of increasing access to film and festivals for people with a disability. 

From the Oscar-nominated director of Shine, Scott Hicks, and inspired by a true story, THE BOYS ARE BACK is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood, which intimately evokes the fragility and wonders of family life. It stars Clive Owen as a sportswriter who, in the wake of his wife’s tragic death, finds himself having to cope as a single father.  

From the director of the acclaimed Look Both Ways comes MY YEAR WITHOUT SEX, an entertaining, charming comedy about a family dealing the big questions… and even more of the small ones. Set over one messy year, Ross and Natalie, parents of two, navigate nits, faith, Christmas, job insecurity, footy practice, more nits, and whether they will ever have sex again. 

A program of new short films for children – including the IF award nominee TIN CAN HEART - will also visit schools for the deaf and blind in Western Sydney. Selected filmmakers from around the country will be traveling with the Festival to present their work and chat with audiences. 

ACCESS ALL AREAS FILM FESTIVAL is a flagship event of the 2009 Don’t DIS my ABILITY campaign to celebrate International Day of People with a Disability. Tickets are available from the box office 30 minutes prior to the start of the screening, or can be booked in advance by calling the Festival office on 02 9281 5608. 

ACCESS ALL AREAS FILM FESTIVAL is presented by the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care and The Festivalists. Red Bee is the event’s major sponsor, with supporting partners including Cochlear, Media Access Australia, the NSW Film & Television Office and the City of Sydney.
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