Access

Open City Documentary Festival strives to be as accessible as possible so please contact us if you have any access needs on info@opencitylondon.com.

Descriptive Subtitles

The following programmes will screen with descriptive subtitles, meaning that all audio heard in the film is captioned, including speech but also sound effects, music and other sound:

The Glass Booth + Return of the Bright Night + Morgenkreis
Sat 18 April, 4:30pm, Close-Up.

National Pride: From Jericho to Gaza, Sun 19 April, 2pm, Close-Up.

The Ian White Lecture: Jordan Lord , Sun 19 April, 2pm, ICA.

Step-free access

All festival venues are wheelchair accessible (see details for each venue below).

Barbican – Cinema 1 is accessible via the Silk Street entrance to the Barbican Centre via lift. Two boxes at the rear of the auditorium each have space for one wheelchair user and a companion. Please book early and ask for these seats. Cinema 2 is located at Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican Centre’s main Silk Street entrance. There are a couple of steep, dropped kerbs and an incline to negotiate between the two sites. The auditorium has three wheelchair spaces and a number of seats with step-free access.

Bertha Dochouse – There is a lift and step-free access to the screen, with 1 wheelchair space in the cinema.

BFI – Accessible by lift or step-free depending on which entrance you use.

Close-Up Cinema – There is wheelchair access and 1 wheelchair space in the cinema. There is a manual ramp available which staff can install over the step to enter the building from the street.

ICA – Cinema 1 and Cinema 2 are accessible via ramp. There is space for 2 wheelchairs in each cinema. Please let the ICA know about any accessibility requirements at the time of booking as they may need to adjust the seats in advance. Both cinemas are fitted with induction loops for those wearing hearing aids.

Rich Mix – The main entrance can be accessed via a ramp on Bethnal Green Road. Once inside, lifts provide access to all gallery/performance spaces and all three cinema screens, each of which has wheelchair bays.

Content Warnings

Open City Documentary Festival is committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment. This includes being sensitive to topics which may cause emotional or physiological distress. Content warnings that alert the audience to potentially distressing material will be included at the beginning of each screening are listed here:

Thu 12 Mar

KEN & FLO JACOBS PROLOGUE: TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON

contains flashing images

Tue 14 April

OPENING NIGHT: INTERSTITIAL CINEMA: THE FILMS OF ARTAVAZD PELECHIAN 1

contains discussion of death, and scenes of blood/injury, war and violence

Wed 15 April

ZECHMEISTER

contains discussion of death, war and violence

KEN & FLO JACOBS: SEEING THROUGH FILM 1

contains strong language, discussion of death, sexual assault, sex and violence

INTERSTITIAL CINEMA: THE FILMS OF ARTAVAZD PELECHIAN 2

contains discussion of death, and scenes of blood/injury, war and violence

DRESSED IN BLUE (VESTIDA DE AZUL)

contains discussion of homophobia, transphobia and sex, and scenes of nudity, sex, violence and surgery.

Thu 16 April

ALARM NOTES

contains discussion of war and violence

THE GLASS BOOTH + RETURN OF THE BRIGHT NIGHT + MOREGENKREIS

contains discussion of racism

KEN & FLO JACOBS: SEEING THROUGH FILM 2

contains discussion of death and violence

COMBINED PROGRAMME: INTERSECTING MEMORIES

contains discussion of death, war and violence, and scenes of blood/injury, war and violence.

FILME PN + AN INCOMPLETE CALENDAR

contains discussion of death and war, and scenes of war

SENSUAL LABORATORIES

contains flashing images, sustained intense sound, and scenes of nudity, drug use and sex

Fri 17 April

ANALOGUE IN DEPTH SEMINAR

contains strong language, discussion of homophobia, death, racism, war, sexual assault and violence, and scenes of racism, war and violence

STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE: PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY

contains discussion of sexual assault and scenes of nudity, self-harm and blood/injury.

ANALOGUE IN DEPTH SCREENING

contains strong language, sustained intense sound, discussion of death, racism, violence and sexual assault, and scenes of racism, violence and sexual assault

NATIONAL PRIDE: FROM JERICHO TO GAZA

contains discussion of death, war and violence

IN FOCUS: ONYEKA IGWE 1

contains strong language and discussion of sex

KEN & FLO JACOBS: SEEING THROUGH FILM 3

contains flashing images and scenes of blood/injury and violence

LAST MOVIES

contains strong language, discussion of death, drug use, racism, self-harm, sex, sexual assault, violence and war, and scenes of nudity and violence

Sat 18 April

KEN& FLO JACOBS: SEEING THROUGH FILM 4

contains flashing images

IN FOCUS: ONYEKA IGWE 2 – ACCIDENTAL AESTHETIC TRADITION

contains discussion of racism

SUMMONING THE SILENCED: THE WORK OF TOMIYAMA TAEKO

contains discussion of death, racism, violence and war, and depiction of racism, violence and war

THE GLASS BOOTH + RETURN OF THE BRIGHT NIGHT + MOREGENKREIS

contains discussion of racism

IN FOCUS: ONYEKA IGWE 3

contains discussion of racism and war, and scenes of racism

COMBINED PROGRAMME: LOVE IS THE DRUG

contains discussions of death, discussions and scenes of drug use and scenes of blood/injury

TWO REFUSALS + AN IMPOSSIBLE ADDRESS

contains flashing images, discussion of death and violence, and scenes of violence

Sun 19 April

NATIONAL PRIDE: FROM JERICHO TO GAZA

contains discussion of death, war and violence

MONIKONDEE

Contains discussion of violence

CLOSING NIGHT: SLET 1988 + THE CASE AGAINST SPACE

contains flashing images, discussion of death, sexual assault and war

Sun 10 MAY

KEN AND FLO JACOBS EPILOGUE: STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH

contains sustained intense sound, strong language, discussion of racism and war, and scenes of nudity, war, racism and violence

THU 15 – SUN 19 APRIL

EXPANDED REALITIES EXHIBITION: A SENSE OF SPACE

CONSTANTINOPOLIAD

contains discussion of death, homophobia, racism, sex, violence, and war

OUT OF NOWHERE

contains upsetting scenes