Cultural accessibility can be approached from many different perspectives: a film, a work of art, a training programme or even the way we organise an event.
During our recent stay in Bucharest, we had the opportunity to explore these different perspectives through three activities promoted by the Instituto Cervantes: an artistic intervention at a museum, an accessible screening of the documentary Inclusivity – Beyond Cinema, and an inclusive filmmaking workshop for the Romanian audiovisual sector.
Three different initiatives with the same underlying idea: to integrate accessibility into culture from the outset and to work alongside the people who will ultimately experience it.
For years, we’ve argued that audiovisual accessibility is not merely a set of techniques, but rather a way of understanding cinema itself. Yet convictions need data to back them up. That’s why, between February and March 2025, we decided to rigorously measure what happens when someone watches our film Inclusivity – Beyond Cinema. The results confirm something we had long suspected: there exists a gap between wanting to do things right and knowing how to do them.
Methodology: How We Measured Change
Working alongside Josep Solves from CEU Cardenal Herrera University, we administered a structured questionnaire before and after the film screening to 72 people who volunteered to participate. The instrument evaluated four dimensions through 20 questions on a 5-point Likert scale:
Technical knowledge (7 items)
Understanding of impact (2 items)
Attitudes and beliefs (6 items)
Behavioral intention (5 items)
This pre-post design allowed us to compare each participant’s responses before and after, thereby measuring the change attributable to the viewing experience.
Mi Cine Inclusivo proudly presents the online premiere of its feature documentary Inclusion – Beyond Cinema, now available free of charge and worldwide on YouTube.
At Mi Cine Inclusivo, we continue to push the boundaries of accessibility—extending it beyond language. We are proud to announce the international premiere of the English-dubbed version of our feature documentary INCLUSIVITY: Beyond Cinema at the Fort Smith International Film Festival (FSIFF), which will celebrate its fifth edition from August 7–9, 2025, at the Fort Smith Convention Center in Arkansas, USA.
Dubbing and Inclusion: A Technological and Human Journey
In recent years, accessibility in the audiovisual industry has gained greater relevance, driving initiatives that enhance diversity and inclusion. Among the proposed solutions, the figure of the accessibility coordinator has emerged as a new department and professional role that «ensures the participation of people with disabilities behind the screen, their non-stereotypical representation on screen, and the consideration of accessibility from the production and exhibition phases, acting as a bridge between the creative team and the accessibility team.»
To learn about this proposal, and since we have been asked about it several times, we will now compare it with inclusive cinema.
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