Access & accessibility

Descriptive subtitles

Descriptive subtitling is a service for hearing-impaired or deaf people.

Every Monday the Depot programme includes a selection of films with descriptive subtitles – a transcription of the film’s dialogue, in English, along the bottom of the screen. A description of the sounds in the film is also included. Caption subtitled screenings are helpful for people with a hearing impairment – and also for those who just struggle with strong English language accents.

Other performances with descriptive subtitles are scheduled throughout our weekly programme. These will change each week to offer a variety of descriptive subtitled screening times available for different films.

Our programme also includes many films subtitled into English from other languages. These may also be suitable for deaf or hearing-impaired audiences but won’t always include additional descriptions of sounds.

Please note: Descriptive subtitles are produced by the film distributors and, as it’s a costly process, not all distributors have a policy of providing caption subtitles for all of their films.

All auditoria are fitted with Williams Sound infrared hearing systems. Depot can provide special headphones, or you can connect your own hearing aid via a lanyard and receiver pack.

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For more information email or call 01273 525354

Upcoming Descriptive Subtitles Screenings
Wildwood 12A
Prue and her classmate Curtis are drawn into a magical forest filled with enchanted creatures, loyal allies, and formidable adversaries as they embark on a desperate quest to rescue Prue's brother.
Mon 26th Oct
10:3013:25
Tad and The Magic Lamp U
After finding a magic lamp, Tad, Sara and the whole team will have to follow Mummy into the past, before he changes history…
Mon 26th Oct
10:4513:00
Wed 28th Oct
10:45
Pressure 12A
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice.
Mon 26th Oct
12:45
Fatherland 12A
Centred on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver.
Mon 26th Oct
16:1520:45
Tue 27th Oct
20:30
The Social Reckoning 15
Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network.
Mon 26th Oct
17:45
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House PG
It's a matter of life and death for Alison, Mike, Mia and the Ghosts.
Mon 26th Oct
18:20
Extra Geography 15
In an English girls boarding school, two teenage best friends grapple with the challenges of girlhood.
Mon 26th Oct
20:30
Sense and Sensibility U
An irresistible new take on Jane Austen's iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.
Thu 29th Oct
15:35
Dune: Part Three TBC
Now a ruthless Emperor, Paul must face the consequences of his reign as old allies return, terrifying new threats emerge, and betrayal lurks in every shadow.
Sat 19th Dec
20:00
Mon 21st Dec
13:5517:0520:10

It is our policy that all our Monday screenings use descriptive subtitles where the distributors make the film available in that format.