R2R is South Australia’s first disability led film making initiative and it has been inspired by the disability led Oska Bright Film Festival in the UK. Oska Bright shows only films made by and with people with learning disabilities.

More information can be found in this document.

If you are interested in joining you will need to complete this application form.

Contact Tutti on 8422 6511 with any further enquiries.

From 2009 all feature films financed by Screen Australia will be required to have caption costs included in their budgets. Currently, there are an estimated 4 million Australians who are vision and hearing impaired, and unable to enjoy the cinema due to limited access. A recent panel discussion presented by Screen Australia unravelled the mysteries of captioning, tapping into why making films accessible makes artistic and commercial sense. Sarah Tracton, award winning filmmaker and access advocate presented on the panel. She said, ‘Through this exciting initiative, filmmakers have the power to tap into new audiences, and ensure the cinema experience is equitable to all. As the film industry seeks to find new ways of attracting greater audiences in the face of competing emerging technologies, heightening accessibility through captioning and audio description is a way of filling unsold seats.” Representatives from Media Access Australia, Roadshow Entertainment, Atlab Operations and Vision Australia also contributed to the panel discussion.