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

Parent & Baby ONLY: 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 14th Sep
12:00
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 14th Sep
13:0015:3018:0020:30
Wed 16th Sep
17:50
The Incomer 12A
Set on a remote Scottish island, two siblings survive by hunting seabirds, retelling the stories of their ancestors, and defending the isle from dreaded 'Incomers'.
Mon 14th Sep
17:40
Tue 15th Sep
20:15
Bitter Christmas 15
aúl is a cult filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film
Thu 17th Sep
13:00

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