Go See: Accessible screenings at BFI London Film Festival, 4th-15th October!

Posted on September 13, 2017 by



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The 61st BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express®, returns to London this October.

Showcasing the best new features, documentaries and short films from around the world, this is your opportunity to see the most inspiring, challenging and entertaining films before anyone else.

The Festival has a number of screenings for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Screenings with subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing people (including sound effects) can be found by clicking here.

Screenings where the introduction or Q&A is BSL interpreted (all of these films are also subtitled) can be found by clicking here.

The accessible screenings are also listed below.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on 14 September, and deaf people with a CEA card can get a free ticket for their carer.

To book tickets, contact the BFI box office: box.office@bfi.org.uk

Or you can call the box office using text relay on 020 7960 2102. The box office is open from 10:00-20:30 daily until Sunday 15 October.

Subtitled screenings of English language films:

BREATHE

Thursday 05 October 2017 11:30

Odeon Leicester Square

BRIGSBY BEAR

Thursday 05 October 2017 14:30

Odeon Leicester Square

LIFE GUIDANCE

Monday 09 October 2017 12:45

BFI Southbank, NFT2

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Wednesday 11 October 2017 18:15

Hackney Picturehouse, Screen 1

PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN

Thursday 12 October 2017 12:15

Haymarket Cinema, Screen 1

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Friday 13 October 2017 20:40

Hackney Picturehouse, Screen 1

BATTLE OF THE SEXES

Saturday 14 October 2017 20:45

Curzon Mayfair Cinema, Screen 1

Screenings where the intro/Q&A is BSL interpreted (all films are also subtitled, some because they are in a foreign language)

BREATHE

Thursday 05 October 2017 11:30

Odeon Leicester Square

TIGER GIRL

Thursday 05 October 2017 20:45

Prince Charles Cinema, Downstairs Screen

SHEIKH JACKSON

Thursday 05 October 2017 21:00

Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1

AMANT DOUBLE

Friday 06 October 2017 18:30

Curzon Chelsea Cinema

A FANTASTIC WOMAN

Friday 06 October 2017 21:30

Odeon Leicester Square

REDOUBTABLE

Saturday 07 October 2017 17:30

Embankment Garden Cinema

THE GUARDIANS

Saturday 07 October 2017 20:15

Embankment Garden Cinema


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