Accessibility

Les Arcs Film Festival: an inclusive event

 

The Les Arcs Film Festival team is committed to ensuring the festival is accessible and welcoming to all those who wish to participate in our event.

As part of this approach, the festival offers a number of adapted sessions:

Hearing accessibility

All films are screened in their original versions, and foreign-language films are subtitled in French. 

Find here the list of screenings available with French Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH):

- Sorda, on Sunday 14/12 at 8:30 pm at La Scène (Bourg Saint Maurice), preceded by the short film Beyond Silence. This is a special Lux Prize screening, presented by a Member of the European Parliament. A moving film that sensitively explores the theme of parenthood when one of the parents is deaf.

And also (upon request):

- Les aigles de la république, on Tuesday 16/12 at 10:00 am at the Centre Bernard Taillefer (Arc 1800)
- La guerre des prix, on Wednesday 17/12 at 8:45 pm at La Scène (Bourg Saint Maurice)

Visual accessibility

Thanks to the Twavox system, the festival offers audio-description screenings for blind and partially-sighted audiences.

As far as possible, we are committed to offering screenings with audio description and/or subtitles for the hearing impaired. However, as most of the films presented at the festival are previews, these options are unfortunately not always available (particularly for foreign films).

Come along with a smartphone and headphones!

Find here the list of screenings available with french audio description:
- Les aigles de la république, on Tuesday 16/12 at 10:00 am at the Centre Bernard Taillefer (Arc 1800)
- Le chant des forêts, on Tuesday 16/12 at 6:00 pm at the Centre Bernard Taillefer (Arc 1800)
- La guerre des prix, on Wednesday 17/12 at 8:45 pm at La Scène (Bourg Saint Maurice)
- Les filles du ciel, on Thursday 18/12 at 4:00 pm at the Centre Bernard Taillefer (Arc 1800)

Physical accessibility

Our venues are all accessible to people with reduced mobility. However, some movements in the resort are made difficult by unpredictable snow conditions, which complicate access to certain sites, and by sometimes complex infrastructures (numerous lifts, small staircases, etc.). Note also that the Arc 2000 venue has a derogation for not having specific PRM access, but we're not giving up: let us know if you want to go there and we'll do our best to help you. The most easily accessible venues are those in Bourg Saint Maurice (the Coeur d'Or) and the Bernard Taillefer centre.

For more information, download our practical guide.

CALM Screening “Comme À La Maison”

The “Just Like Home” screening, organized in partnership with the Handi Pep’s association, invites you to share a cinema experience in a warm and welcoming atmosphere, where everyone, with or without a disability, is accepted and respected as they are. Just like at home, each person can enjoy the film in their own way: you may enter and leave during the screening, talk, or move around, and the lighting will be dimmed.

The “Just Like Home” screening is scheduled for Saturday, December 13th at 10:30 AM at La Scène, with the film Olivia by Irène Iborra.

Discover the Arcs Film Festival presentation in FALC (Facile à Lire et à Comprendre).

Practical infos

Inclusion Mobility Card (MIC) holders are eligible for a reduced rate of 4,5 EUR / screening.

To make sure your visit is as comfortable as possible, please go directly to the ticket office to let them know what you need. The festival team is trained to welcome all types of audience and will be able to accompany you if possible.

CONTACT

If you have a physical, sensory or cognitive disability, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will do our best to accommodate you.

Pascaline Meunier
pmeunier@lesarcsff.com
+33 (0)1 82 28 50 10

With the support of CCHT (Communauté de Communes de Haute Tarentaise).