To make cinema viewing inclusive and promote accessibility for persons with disabilities in public places like theatres, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting vide Office Memorandum dated 15th March 2024 issued guidelines for accessibility standards in the public exhibition of feature films in cinema theatres for persons with hearing and visual impairment.
These guidelines apply to those feature films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for public exhibition in cinema halls/movie theatres for commercial purposes
All feature films that are to be certified in more than one language would be required to provide at least one accessibility feature each for the hearing impaired and visually impaired, i.e. Closed Captioning/Open Captioning and Audio Description. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had set 15th September 2024, as the effective date for implementation of these guidelines.
CBFC is pleased to announce that the “Accessibility Standards” module in E-Cinepramaan has been successfully deployed as per the scheduled timeline i.e. 15th September 2024. The applicants may now apply/submit their films with the required accessibility features for the hearing and visually impaired, as specified in the guidelines.
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