In 2017, the Alzheimer’s Society and the BFI Film Audience Network joined forces with the UK Cinema Association to produce a written guide to help cinema’s introduce regular dementia-friendly screenings across the UK.
Since then, the sector has seen the steady growth of dementia-friendly screenings – which require cinemas to make a number of subtle adjustments to support those with dementia and other related conditions – which have now become a particular feature of recent years.
To accompany the written guide, a training video was also produced in 2021 to help cinemas and their staff programme and run dementia friendly screenings.
While COVID impacted on the provision of dementia-friendly screenings, there is a determination to return to the levels of service available pre-pandemic.
Download a comprehensive guide for cinemas on how to put on a dementia friendly screening (PDF, 2MB).
Please view the training video here:
For more information about dementia-friendly screenings please send an email to info@cinemauk.org.uk.
